The Milwaukee Bucks are looking to keep their win streak alive to start the 2025-26 season as they visit the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. However, if the Bucks hope to go 3-0 to start the year, they will likely have to do so short-handed.

Bucks forward Kyle Kuzma appeared on the team’s injury report against the Cavaliers with a change in his previous status. Kuzma was officially downgraded to doubtful for the game, the team announced. He was originally listed as questionable due to an ankle injury.

Kuzma suffered the injury early in the fourth quarter of the Bucks’ win against the Toronto Raptors on Friday and did not return to the game. The injury occurred when Kuzma went up to contest a shot and came down awkwardly on his ankle.

This season marks Kuzma’s first full training camp and preseason with the Bucks after being acquired in a trade last season that sent Khris Middleton to the Washington Wizards. Kuzma was solid for Milwaukee following the trade but suffered a thumb injury during their opening-round playoff series against the Indiana Pacers, which limited his production. The Bucks ultimately lost that series in five games.

After the trade, Kuzma appeared in 32 games for Milwaukee, averaging just over 31 minutes per game. He posted 14.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game, shooting 45.5% from the field, 33.3% from three-point range, and 66.3% from the free-throw line.

Through the Bucks’ first two games of the 2025-26 season, Kuzma had been averaging 10.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.5 blocks per game. He boasted impressive shooting splits of 60% from the field and 100% from the free-throw line.

Now in his ninth NBA season, Kuzma was selected with the No. 27 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. He spent his first four seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, playing a key role in their 2020 championship run.
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