Considering the circumstances and matchup, it's not too much to ask Milwaukee to beat Sacramento at home.

The Bucks are playing their best ball after starting slow. They are averaging 121 points in their last two games, victories against the Pelicans on the road and a blowout home win against the Pacers two days ago.

The Kings are once again in transition with a new coach, Dave Joerger. He's an upgrade on George Karl, but it's going to take time for the Kings to begin to show improvement. They've had limited practice time opening the season playing six games in nine days. This marks their fourth road contest in six days.

Sacramento doesn't have a strong bench and has one of the weaker starting backcourts with Ty Lawson filling it at point guard for suspended starter Darren Collison and shooting guard Arron Afflalo making just 37.5 percent of his field goals and averaging one assist.

Each team has a superstar. The Kings have big man DeMarcus Cousins while the Bucks have versatile Giannis Anteokounmpo, who has carried over his tremendous play from late last season and is putting up monster numbers across the board.

The Bucks rank among the top in points scored in the paint. The Bucks can come at Cousins with a three-headed monster of Miles Plumlee, Greg Monroe and John Henson. Milwaukee's bench is playing well, too.