{"id":33343,"date":"2011-02-03T09:38:50","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T17:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=33343"},"modified":"2011-02-03T09:39:41","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T17:39:41","slug":"preview-milwaukee-vs-golden-state-lines-pick-3211","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/preview-milwaukee-vs-golden-state-lines-pick-3211\/","title":{"rendered":"Free NBA Basketball Pick: Bucks vs. Warriors Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBA Hoops Predictions – Milwaukee Bucks vs Golden State Warriors<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The Milwaukee Bucks are injured. The Golden State Warriors don\u2019t play any defense. Two teams in the NBA\u2019s poorhouse will try to pick up a win on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Bucks vs Warriors Matchup
\nOdds: Warriors -7
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Bucks And Warriors Tangle In Oakland, In Search Of A Spark <\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a sad pairing of two teams who are stuck several games below .500, albeit for different reasons. Milwaukee has been slammed by injuries this season and will bring a depleted team to the San Francisco Bay Area. Guard Brandon Jennings, who lit up the NBA in his rookie season last year, is still recuperating from an injury. He\u2019s playing, but he was given an 18-minute limit in Monday night\u2019s loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. The outlook is also murky for one of Jennings\u2019 teammates, center Andrew Bogut. The man who missed the 2010 NBA Playoffs \u2013 and who would have enabled Milwaukee to beat the Atlanta Hawks in a first-round series \u2013 is questionable (at best) for this game after getting dinged up against the Clippers. Beyond those two injuries, shooting guard John Salmons \u2013 who came from Chicago to boost the Bucks\u2019 offense in the middle of last season \u2013 has missed roughly three weeks as well. A lack of health is preventing Milwaukee from assembling a full roster.<\/p>\n

For Golden State, a losing season \u2013 and another playoff-free campaign \u2013 are almost inevitable at this point. The Warriors, however, weren\u2019t expected to make the playoffs. A new ownership group came in before the season began. Former coach Don Nelson exited, reducing the acrimony in the team\u2019s locker room. What didn\u2019t improve, though, was Golden State\u2019s defense, which is once again in the bottom tier of the league. The Warriors entered Wednesday, Feb. 2 with the 28th-rated defense in the league, surrendering over 106 points per game. It seems as though it\u2019s going to require another season of reorganization to remake the roster and then make a legitimate run at a playoff spot in 2012. For now, there are no quick fixes in Oakland. Players might be healthy compared to the Bucks, but the organization is still getting rid of toxins of various kinds. \"The<\/a><\/p>\n

Why Milwaukee Will Win:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bucks are averaging under 92 points per game. They defend extremely well but simply cannot put the ball in the bucket without Salmons and Jennings. Corey Maggette has been picking up the slack as a lead scorer, but Milwaukee\u2019s depth has just not been sufficient to compensate for the team\u2019s thinned-out roster. Players like Luc Richard m bah Moute, who scored 10 points Monday against the Clippers, need to score 15, and other players who haven\u2019t been contributing anything need to fill the stat sheet with something other than zeros (except in the realms of fouls and turnovers). This isn\u2019t rocket science; the Bucks need more and bigger contributions from every able-bodied player.<\/p>\n

Why Golden State Will Win:<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s just as simple for Golden State: The Warriors need to defend. They lag behind most of the NBA in defense and have persistently been bedeviled by their softness at the defensive end. Monta Ellis is lazy on defense, and Stephen Curry \u2013 though being a hard worker and a fine scorer \u2013 has an undersized body that is vulnerable to taller and more muscular two-guards. The Warriors\u2019 help defense and rotations must get better. It\u2019s a work in progress, but it has to move forward for this team to be successful.<\/p>\n

Outlook & Pick<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Warriors are a poor defensive team, but Milwaukee is a lousy offensive team without fully healthy performers. A reduced-strength Jennings hampers this team, and the likely absences of Salmons and Bogut will hurt even more. The Bucks just won\u2019t be able to produce enough quality to outlast the Warriors or most NBA teams. Take Golden State on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Pick: Warriors -7<\/strong><\/p>\n

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