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NBA Gambling: Milwaukee vs Golden State

The Golden State Warriors (46-12) host the Milwaukee Bucks (32-38) in one of the late games tonight. As always, be sure to visit Cappers Picks daily for our latest free NBA picks all season long.

Milwaukee is fighting to make the playoffs in the East while the Warriors are 1st place in the West.

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Milwaukee vs Golden State
When: Wednesday, Mar 4th 2015 at 10:35pm ET
Where: Oracle Arena
TV: CSN-Bay & FS-Wisconsin
NBA Gambling Line: Warriors –13.5
NBA Gambling O/U Line: 203.5 Points

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The home team is favored by a lot of points and it’ll be tough for Golden State to try and cover.

It’s going to be tough to bet against the Warriors based on the way these two teams are playing. Since the trade deadline the Bucks have really struggled and they’ve now lost three games in a row.

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That doesn’t sound too bad, but the losses have come against the Lakers, Jazz and Nuggets – three of the worst teams in the NBA. The closest game during that stretch has been a 7-point loss to Utah.

Knight made this team run smoothly. He was having his best season in the NBA by far and he was going to lead the Bucks into the playoffs in the East, but now the Bucks might not even make the playoffs.

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Carter-Williams is terrible in my opinion, especially when compared to Knight. MCW doesn’t play with the same intensity as other star PG’s and his numbers have been pretty bad since moving to the Bucks.

Both teams are healthy, as the only player expected to miss the game right now is Mayo on Milwaukee. He hurts the team’s depth a bit, but he isn’t a huge loss, as he isn’t in the starting line-up this year.

These two teams aren’t similar at all. The Warriors love to pile up points (110.1 PPG – 1st), but they allow teams to score 100.0 PPG (18th). Golden State also averages 45.0 RPG (5th) and 27.1 APG (1st).

This is a unit that plays great together. Most of the starters (Curry, Thompson and Green) can all shoot the basketball from anywhere on the court. The Warriors problem is they can’t stop teams defensively.

Milwaukee ranks 3rd in points allowed (96.5 PPG), but they only score 97.8 PPG (21st). They dish out 23.4 APG (7th), but only grab 41.4 RPG (26th).

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Milwaukee will only cover if they exceed 100+ points.

Free NBA Picks: Milwaukee Bucks vs. Golden State Warriors

Despite the recent poor play of the Bucks, I’m betting on them to cover.

Milwaukee Bucks +13.5 (-110)

Golden State is unlikely to play their best basketball against the lowly Bucks. They could go through the motions and still win by 5-10.

The Bucks seem to have the Warriors number in recent years as well. Milwaukee is 5-1 ATS in the last six H2H meetings although this will be the first match-up between these two teams this season.

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By Scott Jack

Scott is new to Cappers Picks, but has been in the industry for 7 years and he’s only 25 years old. He lives in Toronto, Canada and bleeds blue and white. He grew up playing sports and still has a love for the competitiveness.