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Milwaukee Bucks vs Brooklyn Nets NBA Picks, Odds, Predictions 10/19/21

Brooklyn Nets (0-0) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (0-0)
October 19, 2021 7:30 pm EDT
The Line: Milwaukee Bucks -1; Over/Under: 238
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The Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks meet Tuesday in NBA action at the Fiserv Forum. The Brooklyn Nets enter the season as the betting favorite to win the NBA title this season. The Milwaukee Bucks enter the season as the defending champs after winning their first NBA title since the 1970-71 season.

The Nets are the team to beat with a healthy trio of Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and James Harden, however, there are questions to how much Kyrie plays due to his vaccine status. As of right now, Kyrie isn’t going to play with the Nets due to not getting the vaccine. Assuming those three are available at some point, the Nets have to like their chances to win their first title since the 1975-76 ABA season. The Nets did get richer this season with the additions of Paul Millsap, Patty Mills and James Johnson, three guys who are still solid role players in the NBA. It will also be interesting to see how much LaMarcus Aldridge can contribute after previously retiring due to an irregular heartbeat. If Blake Griffin picks up where he left off last year and Joe Harris has a bounce back season, the Nets are going to be extremely tough to beat in the 2021-22 NBA season. However, those Kyrie concerns will always linger for as long as this plays out…

The Milwaukee Bucks say goodbye to P.J. Tucker, Bryn Forbes and Jeff Teague, but they bring in George Hill, Rodney Hood and Grayson Allen. The nucleus that made the Bucks champions returns, as Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton, Jrue Holiday and Brook Lopez lead the way. Bobby Portis has become a solid player off the bench, and Pat Connaughton is coming off a season where he shot 37 percent from three. Donte DiVincenzo has also been cleared for camp, and he’ll provide a major boost to this Bucks team. The Bucks are pretty much the same team they were a year ago and have to like their chances to make another run at an NBA title.

The Nets are 48-20-1 ATS in their last 69 Tuesday games and 13-4 ATS in their last 17 games overall. The Bucks are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 home games and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall. The under is 6-1-1 in Nets last 8 overall. The over is 5-2-1 in Bucks last 8 overall. The Nets are 1-4 ATS in the last 5 meetings in Milwaukee and 15-32-1 ATS in the last 48 meetings.

I’ve gone back and forth on this game, and I could see the Nets winning comfortably. The Nets are deeper than they were last season, and they would have beaten the Bucks last year without Kyrie and Harden if Durant wore a size smaller shoe. This is a bit of a revenge game for the Nets. With that said, the Bucks are at full strength and at home. The Nets are missing one of their key players and have distractions they’re trying to make disappear. I’m going to take the safe route and side with the Bucks.

Randy Chambers's Free Pick: Milwaukee Bucks -1

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Randy Chambers

Randy has covered sports betting since 2014 and writes about everything from NFL to WNBA. Follow Randy Chambers on Twitter.

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