Team records:<\/strong>
\nMilwaukee: 37-30 SU, 43-23-1 ATS
\nDenver: 47-22 SU, 31-33-5 ATS <\/p>\nMaybe it\u2019s time for the NBA to start paying a little attention to the Bucks, who are on course to make the first round of the playoffs a living hell for either the Celtics or the Hawks.<\/p>\n
Since the All-Star break Milwaukee has morphed into a legitimate playoff team, something that we simply have not come to expect from a state that lives Packer football even during basketball season. The Bucks head into tonight\u2019s game in Denver at 37-30, with 7 wins their last 8 and 13 victories in the last 15. They have caught everyone by surprise \u2013 so much so that they are by far the best cover team in the league, at a ridiculous 43-23 against the spread.<\/p>\n
The early-season in jury that shelved Michael Redd forced the Bucks into recovery mode, and without Redd getting his 15-20 shots a game, the ball was shared more than it has in the past. Rookie Brandon Jennings has played every game and is a star in the making. John Salmons, a trading deadline acquisition from Chicago, has made the Bucks a top-tier offensive team, and the development of center Andrew Bogut has been the cherry on the sundae.<\/p>\n
In all, six players are averaging double figures, and Jerry Stackhouse is giving the team decent minutes off the bench.<\/p>\n
If there was any doubt about Milwaukee\u2019s arrival on the NBA scene, it was dispelled in a one-week burst when the Bucks beat \u2013 in order \u2013 Cleveland, Boston and Utah in consecutive home games in a span of 6 days. It\u2019s doubtful even the Lakers could have accomplished that feat.![\"Online](\"http:\/\/affiliates.commissionaccount.com\/processing\/impressions.asp?btag=a_3953b_41\")
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The rest of the regular season provides a mix of tough games (Boston twice, Cleveland, Phoenix and tonight at Denver) and weak sisters, and assuming to injuries to rotation players, the Bucks could make life hard for someone in the playoffs.<\/p>\n
Betting Trends<\/strong>:<\/p>\nMilwaukee is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games on the road
\nDenver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Denver’s last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee’s last 5 games when playing Denver
\nMilwaukee is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
\nThe total has gone OVER in 10 of Milwaukee’s last 12 games when playing on the road against Denver
\nDenver is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
\nDenver is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Milwaukee<\/p>\n
Bucks vs. Nuggets Free Pick<\/strong>: Are the Nuggets starting to pace themselves for the playoffs? After a huge scoring spurt (six straight games over 100 points), they\u2019ve cooled in the last two at home \u2013 both victories, but they didn\u2019t cover against either Washington or New Orleans. Ten is a large number against a motivated team playing well, but the Bucks were forced into overtime last night at Sacramento and haven\u2019t had to play back-to-back games on the road since last month. The pick here is the over, as the Bucks may not have the legs to dig in defensively two nights in a row away from home.<\/p>\nGet Your Free $10 Bet Today at Sportsbook.com<\/h4>\n
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\nLawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our experts weigh in with this week\u2019s best Saturday night hoops NBA picks for gambling on all the action…tonight on the hardwood we get the Milwaukee Bucks vs. Denver Nuggets…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[26490,26491,26492,26498,26493,26494,26495,4045,5595,26496,26497,20992,20991,9273,9921,13294],"class_list":["post-20458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-bucks-nuggets-odds","tag-bucks-nuggets-picks","tag-bucks-vs-nuggets","tag-bucks-vs-nuggets-free-pick","tag-bucks-vs-nuggets-lines","tag-bucks-vs-nuggets-odds","tag-bucks-vs-nuggets-predictions","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-free-nba-predictions","tag-milwaukee-bucks-vs-denver-nuggets","tag-milwaukee-denver-picks","tag-nba-parlay-betting","tag-nba-parlay-picks","tag-nba-selections","tag-online-nba-predictions","tag-saturday-nba-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20458"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107112,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20458\/revisions\/107112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}