{"id":4914,"date":"2008-11-28T15:28:45","date_gmt":"2008-11-28T20:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=4914"},"modified":"2008-11-28T15:28:45","modified_gmt":"2008-11-28T20:28:45","slug":"bucks-pistons-free-pick-281108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/bucks-pistons-free-pick-281108\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting &#8211; Bucks vs. Pistons"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NBA Sports Betting \u2013 Pistons Host Bucks With Mercurial Iverson in Hot Water<\/h2>\n<p>The Detroit Pistons (9-5 SU, 7-7 ATS, 7-7 O\/U) have just find out firsthand, the drama that Allen Iverson brings to a team!<\/p>\n<p>While still searching for their new identity after going 5-5 in ten games since acquiring the mercurial shooting guard, the Pistons held a light practice on Thanksgiving Day only to see Iverson blow off the team function without ever notifying anyone.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tonight, Iverson will not start when the Pistons take on the Milwaukee Bucks (7-10 SU, 12-4-1 ATS, 11-6 O\/U) and may not play at all as part of his punishment from the team as well as getting fined from his new ballclub.<\/p>\n<p>The Pistons are coming off a 110-96 win over the New York Knicks on Wednesday in which they narrowly covered the spread as a 13-point home favorite and snapped a modest two-game skid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those two days (off) made a dramatic difference, especially on defense,&#8221; Iverson said. &#8220;I&#8217;m always playing with effort, but now I know where I&#8217;m supposed to be &#8211; I know the team rules now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks have dropped two consecutive games, including Wednesday\u2019s 102-96 win over the Atlanta Hawks, though they did manage to cover the spread for NBA sports betting backers as I suggested in the BetUS Locker Room earlier that day.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Jefferson scored 25 points to lead the Bucks, who played without injured stars Michael Redd and Andrew Bogut in the loss. Redd has been out of action since suffering a sprained ankle on Nov. 2, while Bogut was held out after bruising his knee in Monday&#8217;s loss at Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No. This is pro sports. We&#8217;re paid to win,&#8221; Milwaukee coach Scott Skiles said. &#8220;Nobody&#8217;s going to present me a medal because we&#8217;re not out of the game. We&#8217;re supposed to be in the games. We&#8217;re supposed to win the games. And we had our opportunities. We just weren&#8217;t able to make the plays.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/mid\/2183\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" title=\"Betus NBA Betting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sportsimagestore.com\/showbanner.asp?affid=11892&#038;banid=1399 alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Backup point guard Ramon Sessions added 21 points and reserve forward Charlie Villanueva added 19 points in 22 minutes and is averaging 17.8 points in his last four games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can&#8217;t make any excuses,&#8221; Villanueva said. &#8220;Nobody&#8217;s going to feel sorry for us. We just fell short.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at tonight\u2019s key trends, followed by my in-depth analysis and NBA Free Pick.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The total has gone OVER in 7 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 8 games on the road<br \/>\nMilwaukee is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games<br \/>\nMilwaukee is 8-1-1 ATS in its last 10 games on the road<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 4 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Detroit<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit&#8217;s last 5 games<br \/>\nDetroit is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Milwaukee<br \/>\nDetroit is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Milwaukee<br \/>\nDetroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Milwaukee<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee Bucks +9 -110<br \/>\nDetroit Pistons -9 -110<\/p>\n<p>Over 189 -110<br \/>\nUnder 189 -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: Despite the fact that they are playing at home in this matchup, I think the Detroit Pistons could be looking at a home loss against the injury-riddled Bucks.<\/p>\n<p>Even if they don\u2019t win outright, I like the Bucks, the league\u2019s No. 1 ATS team so far, to cover the spread against the Pistons.<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Free Picks: Milwaukee +9 Points\/Over 189 Total Points<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free pick and preview plus NBA betting odds and basketball lines for the matchup featuring the  Milwaukee Bucks and the Detroit Pistons&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1979,3938,3939,1975,5348,5537,4045,5535,5536,4040,744,4044,3942,747,3925,5538],"class_list":["post-4914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-basketball-betting","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-bet-on-nba","tag-bucks-betting-trends","tag-bucks-vs-pistons","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-milwaukee-bucks-vs-detroit-pistons","tag-milwaukee-vs-detroit","tag-nba-basketball-betting","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-handicappers","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-predictions","tag-pistons-betting-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4914","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4916,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4914\/revisions\/4916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}