The Milwaukee Bucks didn’t get some brotherly love in their visit to Philly last Christmas day, so they are looking to return the favor tomorrow.

The Sixers ruled that first meeting and cracked the century mark within three quarters. They won handily, 121-109.

HOME TEAM: Milwaukee Bucks (42-7, 23-3 at home)

The league-leading Bucks have won all but one of their last 12 games. Over that span, they are averaging 122.8 points per game and have held opponents to under 40% shooting seven times.

Intensity should be high at Fiserv Center tomorrow as the Bucks gun for some sweet revenge, particularly Giannis Antetokounmpo. The reigning MVP got clamped in that December 25 loss to the Sixers and shot an awful 8-for-27 from the floor, which includes blanking on all of his seven attempts from beyond the arc.

Khris Middleton and Eric Bledsoe (19.4 PPG, 6.6 APG in his last five) will remain as his main cohorts in scoring. The former has been scoring and shooting the lights out for the past three weeks, scoring 25 PPG on 61.4%-shooting in his last 11 games. He also went 12-for-21 from the floor for a game-high 31 points in the previous meeting with the Sixers.

ROAD TEAM: Philadelphia 76ers (31-20, 9-18 on the road)

The hot-and-cold Sixers are currently on the “cold” side. They have dropped three consecutive games and it is getting worse at every turn, losing by 10, 19, and 31 points. Adding to that is the atrocious record on the road, where they are also riding a four-game skid.

Joel Embiid will be in his fifth game back from a hand injury that caused him to miss nine-straight games in January. He’s posting decent numbers so far (21.3 PPG and 10.8 RPG) and he was the driving force in that aforementioned win against the Bucks (31 pts, 11 rebs).

Ben Simmons, meanwhile, is netting 22.8 points in his last 11 games thanks to having eight 20-plus point performances in that span. We’ll see if he can keep it up now that Embiid has taken the reins back on offense.

Finally, Tobias Harris… someone ought to wake up the sleeping forward. The Sixers’ main wing scorer has stunk in the last two games, shooting 7-for-24 overall (29.2%) for 16 total points.

PREDICTION:

Giannis has had this date crossed for weeks now. Expect him to be aggressive and guide the Bucks into a cruising, 122-110 win. Middleton should be able to have another efficient game too.