On Monday night, the defending NBA champions look to stick around the top of the Eastern Conference, taking on a team in the midst of the playoff hunt, as the Milwaukee Bucks head to North Carolina to take on the Charlotte Hornets.
Milwaukee did not have the greatest start for a team coming off a championship season, but thanks to an eight-game win streak in late November, and a six-game run to end 2021, the Bucks are right back towards the top of the East. They sit tied for third in the conference with the Miami Heat, right behind both the Brooklyn Nets and red-hot Chicago Bulls.