Boston Celtics at the Milwaukee Bucks May 12th 2020, NBA Free Picks, Odds & Predictions!
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The Milwaukee Bucks head home looking to end a 3 game losing streak vs the Boston Celtics as a 5 point favorite. Although the East’s best team has looked very flawed over the last week, the Bucks still hold one of the league’s best records against the spread rounding out the top five for the year at 36-29. The new look Boston Celtics also hit the court on a three game losing streak ATS, although the Celtics did edge out a victory against the Pacers 114-111 just before the Coronavirus break in March. Boston holds the 2nd best record in the league ATS at 38win-23 losses. The Sports Books in Pennsylvania mixed with the big time line setters in New Jersey and Nevada would normally have the Bucks at more of an -8 to 10 point favorite at home but due to the recent ATS performance of Milwaukee, mixed with the fact that Boston has averaged 120 points in the first two meetings against the Bucks, the book makers have to balance the line just enough in order to get action on both sides. Although the Celtics have a 15-7 record when avenging a loss this season and a 20win-9L mark when playing a winning team against the spread on the season, this game we will see more of the 30% record covering the spread when playing a team they lost to in the previous meeting. On the other end of the spectrum The Bucks will come out well rested after the COVID-19 layoff and repeat the 60% win rate against the spread when failing to cover 4 out of their last 6 games, while holding opponents to a scoring average of 95 points per game as executed the last week of February 2020.
When we travel the globe accessing the best total for this playoff style Post Coronavirus matchup we look no further than DraftKing’s Scarlet Pearl Sports Book in Biloxi, Mississippi for a modest total of 226.5. Other Books in New Jersey had this total set at 229.5 due to the fact that both teams have averaged 235 points the first two matchups. The Milwaukee Bucks have gone under the total the last 8 of 9 games, while the Celtics have only hit the Over 40% of the time during their last set of 7 games. When running our sports betting algorithm to pull the most unique data, the Bucks have gone over the combined team total 24 of 40 times after playing in two consecutive nonconference games, while Boston has finished over the combo total odds set when failing to cover the spread 90 % of their previous 6 games. We are going with the Over as our second free play winner for this matchup, as always you can combo the Milwaukee spread straight bet along with the Over for a nice two team Parlay Bookie Basher!
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