{"id":11065,"date":"2010-11-29T13:13:14","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T18:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11065"},"modified":"2010-11-29T13:13:14","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T18:13:14","slug":"milwaukee-bucks-at-utah-jazz-pro-basketball-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/milwaukee-bucks-at-utah-jazz-pro-basketball-predictions-11065\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Bucks at Utah Jazz Pro Basketball Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Milwaukee Bucks at Utah Jazz
\nMonday, 11\/29\/10, 9:00 PM EDT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 189
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 188
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Utah -475 \/ Milwaukee +395<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Utah Jazz have a perfect 6-0 record against Eastern Conference opponents heading into tonight's contest against the Milwaukee Bucks in Salt Lake City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Milwaukee snapped a five-game losing streak on Saturday night with a 104-101 win at home against Charlotte.\u00a0 The Bucks had six players finish in double-figures in that contest, including all five starters.\u00a0 It was the first time this season that the team had all five starters in double-figures.\u00a0 The magic number for the Bucks appears to be 89.\u00a0 That\u2019s the number of points they need to score to win game, picking up victories in seven of nine contest when reaching that number.\u00a0 Saturday\u2019s game also broke a streak of eight-straight games in which the Bucks had out-rebounded their opponent, grabbing a season-low 32 boards.\u00a0 The team is 0-7 ATS in non-conference games this season and the NBA lines page has them listed as an underdog.<\/p>\n

The Bucks are certainly getting it done defensively in allowing the fewest points in the paint area each game at 34.1 per contests.\u00a0 Milwaukee is also allowing the fourth-fewest second-chance points at 11.1.\u00a0 The squad will be facing a Utah unit that has won each of its six games against Eastern Conference teams, with four of those taking place away from Salt Lake City.\u00a0 Milwaukee has been limited by injuries over the past few games and may be without its top rebounders in Andrew Bogut and Drew Gooden in this contest.\u00a0 The two front court players are averaging 10.9 and 7.5 rebounds per game respectively.<\/p>\n

Utah enters tonight winners of 13 of its last 16 games and has a current five-game winning streak.\u00a0 \u201cOur guys have played pretty well together and our bench has given us a tremendous lift to put us in a position to be able to win a lot of those games,\u201d said coach Jerry Sloan.\u00a0 \u201cThose guys have given us a great deal of life to fight back.\u201d\u00a0 The Jazz are 6-3 at home this season, including a 2-0 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 The team is 41-41 all-time in the series against the Bucks, with each team owning a 24-17 record at home.\u00a0 Utah has won the past eight games played in Salt Lake City.\u00a0 The squad is 6-0 ATS in non-conference games.<\/p>\n

The Jazz had all five starters score in double-figures in picking up a 109-97 win over the Clippers in their last game.\u00a0 Utah overcame a 39-28 rebounding deficit with 58.6 percent shooting from the field and eight blocks.\u00a0 Defensively, the team has held 10 of its last 11 opponents under 100 points and sixth man C.J. Miles said the unit is starting to come together.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s really what it is, confidence and getting comfortable with each other,\u201d he stated.\u00a0 \u201cWhen you like the guys around you, you play harder for guys you tend to like.\u201d\u00a0 Point guard Deron Williams continues to pace the team offensively, scoring 21 or more points in 12 of his last 15 games.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in playing the Bucks due to their 16-5 ATS mark as a road underdog, while the Jazz are 28-13 ATS on Monday.<\/p>\n

The NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports are off to a red-hot start and ready for you to join them on the hardcourt tonight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Milwaukee Bucks at Utah Jazz Monday, 11\/29\/10, 9:00 PM EDT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 189 Current Total:\u00a0 188 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Utah -475 \/ Milwaukee +395 Milwaukee snapped a five-game losing streak on Saturday night with a 104-101 win at home against Charlotte.\u00a0 The Bucks had six players […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[662,4000,2895,3999,3622,3635,663,838],"class_list":["post-11065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-andrew-bogut","tag-c-j-miles","tag-deron-williams","tag-drew-gooden","tag-eastern-conference","tag-jerry-sloan","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-utah-jazz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11065","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=11065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11066,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11065\/revisions\/11066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}