Milwaukee Bucks at Cleveland Cavaliers Pick

The Milwaukee Bucks (53-18) will travel to the Cleveland Cavaliers (18-53) at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio for a Central Division clash. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM and is to be broadcasted on FSN. Milwaukee has won three of the last four meetings between both sides. The two teams last met on December 14th when the Bucks traveled to Cleveland to hand the Cavs a 114-102 loss. In doing so, the Deer fostered their second consecutive cover in this series as a 9.5-point favorite.

Milwaukee Bucks at Cleveland Cavaliers Overview

Milwaukee Bucks

The Bucks responded to Sunday’s upset loss at home against the Sixers with authority. Closing as an 11-point favorite, Milwaukee went on to defeat the visiting Los Angeles Lakers last night by a score of 115-101 to generate the cover while they were at it.

Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cavaliers snapped a three-game losing streak with style on Monday when they hosted divisional rival Detroit. Closing as a 6.5-point underdog, the Cavaliers went on to stage a 126-119 upset of the Pistons.

Reasons To Back Milwaukee

The Bucks are not exactly a team for let-downs as they are 31-8 SU against teams with a below .500 record. Contrarily, the Cavaliers are 6-29 SU against teams with a winning record. Situationally, this makes the scenario favorable to Milwaukee. Then, of course, there are the plethora of in-game advantages that the Bucks will wield against the Cavaliers on both sides of the basketball. The one distinction that stands out most of all is Cleveland is the worst team in the NBA in terms of opponent field-goal percentage as the opposition hit 49% of their field goals. On the flip-side, Milwaukee is the best team in opponent field goal percentage as they allow the opposition to hit only 43% of their attempts. This in itself will be a decisive factor in determining the outcome of this game.

Reasons To Avoid Cleveland

At this point, the Cavaliers have nothing to play for, so it is hard to determine who will be taking the court for Cleveland against the best team in the NBA in terms of wins and losses. One thing is for sure, the Deer will be looking to take advantage of the match-up to sustain their bid for home court throughout the playoffs. There is no telling what gear the Bucks will shift into, but the Cavaliers may not even show up.