{"id":27283,"date":"2013-01-15T11:19:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T16:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27283"},"modified":"2013-01-15T11:19:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T16:19:16","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-milwaukee-bucks-vs-los-angeles-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-milwaukee-bucks-vs-los-angeles-lakers-27283\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Milwaukee Bucks vs. Los Angeles Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Milwaukee Bucks at Los Angeles Lakers
\nTuesday, 1\/15\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TWSN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 211.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 211.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Lakers are 9-3 SU all-time against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Staples Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Milwaukee has won three of its last four games, including a 107-96 victory over the Toronto Raptors as 2.5-point road underdogs Sunday, while going OVER the total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 The Bucks are 3-1 under interim coach Jim Boylan, who took over for Scott Skiles on the bench.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is led by its backcourt, with Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings combining to average 37.3 points per game.\u00a0 Milwaukee is 11-6 ATS on the road this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Bucks have won back-to-back games over the Lakers after losing six consecutive matchups, which includes a 100-89 victory as 4.5-point home underdogs on Jan. 28, while going OVER the posted total of 183.\u00a0 Milwaukee has won of the better defensive players in the league, with forward Larry Sanders swatting at least one shot in each of the last 23 games.\u00a0 \u201cFrom where he was just a few months ago to where he is now, I\u2019ve never seen anybody make that sort of progress,\u201d stated Boylan in practice.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles snapped a six-game losing streak in collecting a 113-93 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers as nine-point home favorites Sunday, while going UNDER the total in three consecutive contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe realized we don\u2019t have time to fall further behind,\u201d stated Lakers point guard Steve Nash.\u00a0 \u201cWe can\u2019t give away games.\u201d\u00a0 He is averaging 10.7 points and 8.8 assists per game.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 17-17 ATS as a home favorite of 6.5 to 9 points the last two-plus seasons, which is something to consider when making your pro basketball picks Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are 11-9 at Staples Center this year, including a 5-3 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 9-3 all-time against Milwaukee at this venue, while star guard Kobe Bryant has averaged 24.0 points in 28 games (25 starts) in this series overall.\u00a0 Head coach Mike D\u2019Antoni is one win shy of No. 400 for his career.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Lakers due to the Bucks being 19-40 ATS in non-conference games since 2010.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Milwaukee Bucks at Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday, 1\/15\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TWSN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 211.5 Current Total:\u00a0 211.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Milwaukee has won three of its last four games, including a 107-96 victory over the Toronto Raptors as 2.5-point road […]<\/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":[274,67,68,663,465,18,3624],"class_list":["post-27283","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-monta-ellis","tag-nba","tag-staples-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27283","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=27283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27284,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27283\/revisions\/27284"}],"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=27283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}