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Milwaukee Bucks injury report: What is the latest on Giannis?

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2 months ago

December 6, 2025

Milwaukee Bucks injury report: What is the latest on Giannis?

DETROIT – The Milwaukee Bucks are in Detroit for the second night of a back-to-back as they take on the Eastern Conference-leading Pistons at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday, Dec. 6.

The Bucks (10-14) upset the Pistons (18-5) at Fiserv Forum on Dec. 3 after Giannis Antetokounmpo was injured, coming back from an 18-point deficit to win.

Is Giannis playing?

No. The Bucks superstar will miss the second straight game since injuring his calf against the Pistons, and coach Doc Rivers believes Antetokounmpo might be out for closer to the four-week mark than not.

Antetokounmpo, who was not on the Bucks bench in their loss to Philadelphia on Dec. 5, will also not be in attendance at Little Caesars Arena.

“He will travel most of the time,” Rivers said after the game against the 76ers. “Our thing is, especially because this just happened, with the blood flow and all the flights and all that stuff, keep him home. After (Dec. 6), we have a four-day break. We’re going to take two days off. I think they need it through this stretch, and then we have two great days of practice, which I’m looking forward to.”

Is AJ Green playing?

Guard AJ Green exited the game against the 76ers late in the second quarter of the Bucks’ 116-101 loss with an injury to his left, non-shooting, shoulder. The Bucks ruled him out at halftime with a contusion on that shoulder.

Rivers said after the game that Green will travel with the team to Detroit on Dec. 6 and will get imaging on the shoulder on the road.

Green absorbed a big hit on an illegal screen by 6-foot, 11-inch, 279-pound Philadelphia center Andre Drummond with 4 minutes, 4 seconds left in the second quarter. Green stayed in the game initially but after subbing out at the 2:13 mark, Green walked straight to the Bucks locker room.

Green finished the half 0-for-4 from behind the three-point line in 15 minutes of action. He also had two assists.

Without Giannis, Bucks struggle to score

In both instances this season when Antetokounmpo has been injured, Rivers has acknowledged that the team’s margin of error to win games is very thin. And, to date, the Bucks haven’t come out on the right side of that margin.

Heading into the game against the Pistons, the Bucks are 1-6 in games Antetokounmpo completely misses.

As for how the team can perform better without Antetokounmpo, center Myles Turner said, “Well, consistency just down the board. Role clarity is something that is very important, something that I think we’re still learning. I think that we have to continue to believe in what we’re doing.

“I know it was last year, but my team (in Indiana), we were 10-15 at the beginning of the year last year and made our way to the finals. So, it’s never a question of believe on my end. It’s just the collective buy-in and figuring out what that role clarity means.”

And it’s no surprise that one of their biggest issues is on the offensive end. In totality, the Bucks are 20 in the league in scoring at 115.2 points per game. But in the seven games Antetokounmpo has missed, they’ve averaged just 108.1 points per game.

Through the seven-game losing streak in November, the Bucks kept a positive spirit and felt they turned a competitive corner without Antetokounmpo in a three-point loss to Miami on Nov. 26. Antetokounmpo returned two days later in a nine-point loss at New York, but after a fun win over Brooklyn on Nov. 29, the team, in some respects, hit rock-bottom with a three-point loss to the last-place Wizards in Washington.

They bounced back with a big win over the Pistons, but fell behind by 26 points in the first half against Philadelphia.

“I wouldn’t say we’re pressing,” Bobby Portis Jr. said. “I would say more so just trying to play good basketball, getting the ball moving side-to-side, playing with swag, playing with energy, having fun. I think the biggest thing is just having fun. I think, when you have fun, the ball naturally comes to you, you naturally have a good spirit, you naturally do your job.

“In the NBA now, ‘do your job’ is multiple efforts, scrambling, guarding different positions, helping your teammate by making the extra pass, being a great teammate when you come off the court. All those things kind of go into winning. I think it’s on us just to have fun.”

Bucks probable starting lineup

Guards: Ryan Rollins, Kevin Porter Jr., Gary Trent Jr.
Forward: Jericho Sims
Center: Myles Turner

Bucks vs Pistons odds

Detroit is a whopping 12.5-point favorite over Milwaukee, with the over/under set at 224.5 points, per BetMGM.

What time is the Bucks game?

Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT.

What channel are the Bucks on?

The game will be broadcast locally on FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin with Lisa Byington, Marques Johnson and Melanie Ricks on the call.

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Milwaukee school committee moves forward plan to narrow police role in schools

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January 20, 2026

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Milwaukee school committee moves forward plan to narrow police role in schools

How police operate in Milwaukee schools appears set to change.

A Milwaukee School Board committee passed on Jan. 20 a resolution aimed at narrowing the types of situations that police officers can become involved in at district buildings. It comes 10 months after the program was brought into the city’s public schools, following a state law that forced the hand of officials.

The resolution compels Superintendent Brenda Cassellius to implement a district policy that reflects its asks, which broadly restricts police from intervening in non-criminal situations that more closely reflect school discipline issues, like rude or disruptive behavior or loitering in hallways.

A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel review of the first three months of the program found police were at times responding to situations like that, along with others including fights between students. School resource officers issued 92 citations during that time.

“Without clear and strict guardrails, it’s easy for SROs to become the default response to all behavior challenges,” Missy Zombor, president of the board, said during remarks at the meeting.

The School Board’s Committee on Legislation, Rules and Policies moved the resolution forward to the full board for final passage on Jan. 22.

Under the resolution, police would be expected to stay out of the following situations: Rude or disruptive behavior, excessive noise, loitering in hallways or bathrooms, dress code violations, use of profane or lewd language, and possession of legal items prohibited by school policies.

It also would put into place reporting requirements for the program. That includes quarterly reports breaking down incidents by demographic information, issuances of citations and specific actions by school resource officers, including searches, seizures and restraints.

Before the meeting, a demonstration consisting of about 35 students and community members took place outside of the district office. In support of the resolution, they chanted mottos like “counselors not cops” and “up with education, down with intimidation.”

Many there later spoke in support of the resolution during the public comment of the committee meeting. That spanned over an hour with each speaker in support of the resolution.

Many students described feeling unsafe with officers in the schools and criticized the state law that mandated the program.

Students Brenette Tunney, Elijah Shorts and Anneliese Schultz told the Journal Sentinel they were in support of the resolution. Each is a member of Youth Empowered in the Struggle, a student group that advocated for the resolution.

Tunney, a student at Hamilton High School, described her school becoming a “scary place” since the program began.

“I’ve never seen them do something actually helpful in school at all,” she told the Journal Sentinel before the meeting.

Those comments come as police and some school officials have lauded the program publicly, saying it made the district safer and said officers have tried to be mentors or counselors to students.

Members of Voces de la Frontera, Milwaukee Turners and Black Leaders Organizing for Communities spoke in support of the resolution.

Krissie Fung worked with students to prepare for giving comments on the program and Zombor on crafting the resolution. She is a member of the Fire and Police Commission, the city’s oversight committee for the two department.

Fung said the resolution was about letting students “coexist with SROs in schools as safely as possible.”

“In my opinion, current gaps in policy and lack of transparency for students and parents are a liability,” Fung said.

The committee meeting came hours after hundreds of Milwaukee students walked out of class in protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

David Clarey is a public safety reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He can be reached at dclarey@gannett.com.

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5 inches of snow possible as NWS issues winter weather advisory for Milwaukee area

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January 20, 2026

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5 inches of snow possible as NWS issues winter weather advisory for Milwaukee area

Several southern Wisconsin counties will be under a winter weather advisory beginning 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20 for a storm system that could bring up to 5 inches of snow to the area.

The National Weather Service advisory will be in effect until 6 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21 for the following counties: Iowa, Dane, Jefferson, Waukesha, Milwaukee, Lafayette, Green, Rock, Walworth, Racine and Kenosha.

Forecasters are expecting snow accumulation between 2 to 5 inches, Meteorologist Cameron Miller told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Peak snowfall is expected between 10 p.m. Jan. 20 through 5 a.m. Jan. 21 along and south of Interstate-94, according to the NWS. Lesser accumulation is expected north.

“We’re watching throughout the day whether the band will move north or south,” Miller said.

Miller said temperatures are expected to be in the “low teens” and forecasters are not expecting high winds, adding that lower wind chills “might be a concern later in the week.”

Wednesday’s morning commute will likely be impacted, so Miller urged drivers to allot more time to account for conditions. For live updates on road conditions in Wisconsin, you can check out the 511 Wisconsin map.

A separate system could bring more snow to the counties under the advisory between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. Jan. 21, though only up to an inch of accumulation is expected.

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Milwaukee contractors face winter salt shortage, turn to rationing

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January 19, 2026

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Milwaukee contractors face winter salt shortage, turn to rationing

MILWAUKEE – Private snow service contractors in Milwaukee say they are facing a rock salt shortage this winter, even as the city’s Department of Public Works reports it has enough supply on hand.

What we know:

Contractors say municipalities typically get priority access to salt, leaving private companies scrambling as winter storms pile up earlier than expected.

“This is not like winters past,” said Myron Dorshak, co-owner of Dorshak Tree Service and Snow Plowing Service.

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Working in single-digit temperatures is nothing new for snow crews, Dorshak said, but rationing salt this early in the season is raising concerns.

“Certainly we are struggling to keep enough in stock and the prices are skyrocketing.”

What they’re saying:

Dorshak said his company normally buys about 1,000 tons of salt each year at roughly $110 per ton. This season, suppliers are charging more than double that price, around $250 per ton.

“The problem is the prices are doubling. And really, there’s no more coming in from Milwaukee,” Dorshak said. “So we have to get salt from Chicago, and it’s starting to go from other states. They said we could go to Kansas to pick it up, but that’s a far way to go. They have good prices in Kansas, though.”

Dorshak said the company did not anticipate the higher costs when setting up contracts with customers.

“We didn’t put it in our cost structure with our customers and our contract, so we are just going to have to eat that — take a little loss there,” Dorshak said.

He said early November snowfall and multiple winter weather events quickly depleted supplies. Dorshak added that his company is not alone, noting that at least two FOX6 viewers also reached out with similar concerns.

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As salt supplies tighten, Dorshak said his company is turning to brine as an alternative.

“It’s a liquid salt and it melts at a lower temperature,” Dorshak said. “Brine is actually very good, it’s costly to set up and all that.”

At Jones Island, a major hub for salt from various producers, piles appeared noticeably smaller than in past years.

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“We may not have enough salt for the rest of the season and it’s going to get very slippery,” Dorshak said.

He said moving forward, crews will rely more on brine and ration salt by applying lighter treatments when possible.

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