{"id":27988,"date":"2013-03-04T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27988"},"modified":"2013-03-04T12:00:50","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T17:00:50","slug":"nba-expert-picks-utah-jazz-vs-milwaukee-bucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-expert-picks-utah-jazz-vs-milwaukee-bucks-27988\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Expert Picks: Utah Jazz vs. Milwaukee Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Milwaukee Bucks are 10-18-1 ATS at home this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Utah Jazz at Milwaukee Bucks
\nMonday, 3\/4\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSWI
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Milwaukee -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Milwaukee -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 202
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 201.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

Utah snapped a three-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 98-68 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats as nine-point home favorites last Friday, while the UNDER has cashed in two consecutive contests.\u00a0 \u201cI thought we did a much better job than in previous games,\u201d commented Jazz guard Gordon Hayward.\u00a0 The Jazz are 10-19 overall on the road this season, including a 6-5 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Utah is 4-2 SUATS when playing with two days rest, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA expert picks Monday night.<\/p>\n

The Jazz could be without two starters in this affair, as both Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap are listed as game-time decisions.\u00a0 Both players finished with 19 points in a 100-86 home win over Milwaukee on Feb. 6.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the franchise has won 13 of its last 15 games in this series, which has played a major part in its 17-4 ATS mark in the last 21 meetings overall.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee has won three games in a row, including a 122-114 victory over the Toronto Raptors as 6.5-point home favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the posted total of 199.5.\u00a0 The Bucks have been led by guard Monta Ellis on the offensive end in that span, as he\u2019s averaged 24.0 points.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m just taking what the defense is giving me,\u201d stated Ellis over the weekend.\u00a0 He combines with point guard Brandon Jennings to contribute 36.9 points per game.\u00a0 Milwaukee is 10-18-1 ATS at home this season, which is important to consider when looking over the NBA betting lines.<\/p>\n

The Bucks were very happy with Jennings last performance against the Raptors, as he finished with a career-high 19 assists.\u00a0 Milwaukee is second in the league in averaging 7.35 blocked shots per game, which is two spots higher than Utah (6.46).\u00a0 In the three games prior to the trade deadline, the squad was average 17.0 points per game from its bench, but that number has risen to 38.3 since acquiring J.J. Redick in a trade from Orlando.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the UNDER is 4-1 in the last five meetings in this series.<\/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":"

Utah Jazz at Milwaukee Bucks Monday, 3\/4\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSWI Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Milwaukee -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Milwaukee -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 202 Current Total:\u00a0 201.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Utah snapped a three-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 98-68 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats as nine-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[676,3622,663,465,18,3784,838],"class_list":["post-27988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-al-jefferson","tag-eastern-conference","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-monta-ellis","tag-nba","tag-paul-millsap","tag-utah-jazz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27988","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=27988"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27990,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27988\/revisions\/27990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}