Projected starting lineups
Bucks: Brandon Jennings, Charlie Bell, John Salmons, Luc Mbah a Moute, Andre Bogut
Cavs: Mo Williams, Anthony Parker, LeBron James, Antawn Jamison, JJ Hickson
Officials
Eddie Rush, Tony Brothers, Leroy Richardson. Cavs are 3-3 with Rush officiating this season, worst record among all NBA crew chiefs.
• Anderson Varejao will miss his second game with a sore hamstring. There's a good chance he'll sit Friday vs. the Hawks as well. Just precaution and it makes sense. Carlos Delfino, who is having a great year for the Bucks, is probably not going to play with a neck injury. Also, Michael Redd is out for the year (and basically the rest of his career) with a knee injury.
• This is a potential second-round matchup. The Bucks have had an excellent second half and after some midseason moves are now one of the deepest teams in the East. They are truly nine deep and last night Ersan Ilyasova and Jerry Stackhouse combined to go 15-of-24 off the bench. They are a typical Scott Skiles team, they play scrappy and hard. They are going to get the No. 5 seed and a series with the Hawks could get interesting.
• Just about everyone on the Bucks is having a career season, most notably Bogut. He's turned into an elite rebounder and shot blocker and he's been a central reason that the Bucks, who two years ago were a poor defensive team, into a better overall unit. A key for the Cavs will be to attack the rim and attempt to get to the line. They didn't do that Sunday against the Kings, where they lived on jumpers but got away with it.
