Denver Nuggets versus Milwaukee Bucks Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 2-5-2013
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The 25-21 Milwaukee Bucks will hit the road to face the 30-18 Denver Nuggets in an NBA pro basketball game on Tuesday night. Tip off time from Denver is scheduled for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.

The NBA betting odds have the home club Denver Nuggets favored by -6 ½ points with an over under lined at 213 points. There has been no movement in the odds since the odds came out a few hours ago.

The teams met twice last year with Denver winning and covering the spread in both games. Trend: Denver Nuggets are 4-0 ATS in their past four games.

Milwaukee has a road record of 12-11 on the season. The team broke a two game losing streak after a 107-98 home win on Saturday to the Orlando Magic as a -10 ½ point betting favorite. The game went over 200 points. The key to the win for the Buck is they got efficient performances by inefficient starters. Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings combine for 15 of 32 shooting. Milwaukee struggles with 43.5% shooting and a 26th ranking in the NBA because their inefficient guard tandem of Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings leads the team with scoring with around a 40% shooting percentage each. You can’t go far in this league with two high volume shooters making 40% of their shots.

The Nuggets are 20-3 on their home court. The team has won sixth straight games after a 113-98 home win on Friday night to the New Orleans Hornets as a -7 point betting favorite. The total came in at over 204 ½ points. Denver connected on 52.4% of their shots with 7 of 22 three pointers. They force 22 New Orleans turnovers and a good thing they did as they give up 52.8% shooting to the Hornets. Ty Lawson had 21 points and 13 assists in the win. Denver has seen a huge surge in scoring with 112 points per game average over their past seven games. They are now 4th in the NBA in scoring putting up 104 points a game.
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