{"id":10695,"date":"2010-11-16T12:40:48","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T17:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10695"},"modified":"2010-11-16T12:40:48","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T17:40:48","slug":"los-angeles-lakers-at-milwaukee-bucks-nba-basketball-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/los-angeles-lakers-at-milwaukee-bucks-nba-basketball-predictions-10695\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers at Milwaukee Bucks NBA Basketball Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Milwaukee Bucks
\nTuesday, 11\/16\/10, 8:00 PM EDT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 198
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 194
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Los Angeles -160 \/ Milwaukee +140<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant is 21-4 all-time in his career against the Milwaukee Bucks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles opened the season with a perfect 8-0 record only to drop consecutive contests to the Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns.\u00a0 \u201cYou hate losing, especially to start a road trip, but it is what it is,\u201d guard Kobe Bryant stated.\u00a0 \u201cThey made big shots, a lot of them.\u201d\u00a0 The Lakers swept last season\u2019s series with Milwaukee 2-0 for the second consecutive season.\u00a0 This will be the 120th meeting between the two teams with the Lakers holding a 76-43 all-time series advantage.\u00a0 In 25 career games versus the Bucks, Bryant is averaging 23.9 points.\u00a0 Head coach Phil Jackson has guided them to a 15-5 record in the series.\u00a0 Tonight\u2019s game is the first of back-to-back sets for the Lakers in heading to Detroit tomorrow night.\u00a0 This season, the Lakers are 1-0 in the first game and 1-0 in the second game.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 5-5 ATS on the season and the NBA lines page has them slightly favored on the road.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are scoring an NBA-high 112.5 points a game and Bryant is currently third in the league with a 25.2 scoring average.\u00a0 Los Angeles has its own problems on the other end of the floor, allowing the Suns to connect on 22 of 40 three-point attempts in a 121-116 loss at the Staples Center.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s tough to shoot that percentage from three,\u201d Bryant said.\u00a0 \u201cThey made some tough, contested shots and just shot the lights out.\u201d\u00a0 Offensively, center Pau Gasol continues to be a solid second-option, scoring a team-high 28 points and grabbing 17 rebounds versus the Suns.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee picked up its third consecutive win by dropping the Golden State Warriors at home, 79-72, by managing to shooting just 33.7 percent from the field.\u00a0 \u201cVery good game and we needed it,\u201d said head coach Scott Skiles.\u00a0 \u201cWe only scored 79 points and you don\u2019t often win when you score 79.\u201d\u00a0 The Bucks will need to bring their defensive intensity to have a chance in tonight\u2019s contest, averaging just 92.1 points per game, which is 28th in the league.\u00a0 The team has also lost five straight in the series and has a 4-21 mark against the Lakers when Bryant is involved.\u00a0 Milwaukee is 3-6 ATS as a home underdog of three points or less.<\/p>\n

The Bucks are led by point guard Brandon Jennings, who is one of six players to average at least 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists this year.\u00a0 He was one of the worst-shooting guards in the NBA last season, hitting 37 percent from the field, but has connected on 26 of 59 shots over his last four games.\u00a0 Milwaukee will be playing its fourth straight game versus a top 10 scoring team, holding the previous three opponents to an average of 19.8 points below their season average.<\/p>\n

Bettors will find that the Lakers are 1-4 ATS as a favorite of 0.5 to 4.5 points, while the Bucks are 0-4-1 ATS versus the Western Conference.<\/p>\n

The NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports are off to a fantastic start and want you to join them today for a full-day of hardcourt action!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday, 11\/16\/10, 8:00 PM EDT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 198 Current Total:\u00a0 194 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Los Angeles -160 \/ Milwaukee +140 Los Angeles opened the season with a perfect 8-0 record only to drop consecutive contests to the Denver […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[274,67,68,663,939,3685],"class_list":["post-10695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-brandon-jennings","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-phil-jackson","tag-scott-skiles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10696,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10695\/revisions\/10696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}