Milwaukee Bucks vs Portland Trail Blazers NBA Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/1/21
2021-02-01 20:00:00 EDT
The Portland Trail Blazers and Milwaukee Bucks meet Monday in NBA action at the Fiserv Forum.
The Portland Trail Blazers look for a win after splitting their last eight games. The Portland Trail Blazers are averaging 115 points on 44.5 percent shooting and allowing 115.9 points on 47.1 percent shooting. Damian Lillard is averaging 29.6 points and 7.2 assists while CJ McCollum is averaging 26.7 points and 3.9 rebounds. Gary Trent Jr. is the third double-digit scorer and Carmelo Anthony is grabbing 3.6 rebounds. The Portland Trail Blazers are shooting 37.6 percent from beyond the arc and 81.4 percent from the free throw line. The Portland Trail Blazers are allowing 37 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 43.7 rebounds per game.
The Milwaukee Bucks look for a win after splitting their last eight games. The Milwaukee Bucks are averaging 119.8 points on 48.8 percent shooting and allowing 112.7 points on 45.4 percent shooting. Giannis Antetokounmpo is averaging 27.8 points and 11.4 rebounds while Khris Middleton is averaging 21.4 points and 5.8 assists. Jrue Holiday is the third double-digit scorer and Brook Lopez is dishing 0.7 assists. The Milwaukee Bucks are shooting 39.2 percent from beyond the arc and 73.1 percent from the free throw line. The Milwaukee Bucks are allowing 39.5 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 48.4 rebounds per game.
The Trail Blazers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 road games and 2-9 ATS in their last 11 Monday games. The Bucks are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 Monday games and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games overall. The over is 4-1 in Trail Blazers last 5 overall. The Trail Blazers are 1-4-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings in Milwaukee and 4-13-1 ATS in the last 18 meetings.
The Milwaukee Bucks are a better team than what they’ve shown up to this point, but it’s hard to lay these sort of numbers with a team that’s lost four of their last six tries and just lost to the Hornets. The Bucks still don’t defend the three ball, and they’re playing a Trail Blazers squad that’s top-10 in three point percentage. Even with the injuries on Portland, this line doesn’t make much sense. Give me the free buckets.
