Golden St Warriors versus Milwaukee Bucks Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 3-9-2013
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The 30-29 Milwaukee Bucks will travel to face the 35-28 Golden St Warriors in an NBA pro basketball game on Saturday night. Tip off time from Golden St is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.

The odds from this NBA game has the home team Golden St Warriors favored by -3 ½ points with an over under line of 212 ½ points. There has been no line movement since the odds came out a few hours ago.

The teams met back on January 26th with the Bucks posting the 109-102 home win against the Warriors as a -2 ½ point betting favorite. The total came in at over 208 ½ points.

Milwaukee has a road record of 14-15 on the season. Their four game win streak was snapped on Wednesday in a 117-101 road defeat to the LA Clippers as a +9 ½ point underdog. The total came in at over 205 points. The Bucks wasted a road 48.1% shooting percentage along with 13 of 29 from the three point line They lose because the Bucks pulled down eight less rebounds and allowed the Clippers 54% shooting. Monta Ellis had 22 points and 6 assists on 9 of 15 shooting. We have begun to see Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings dish the ball and put up many more assists. With that the Bucks shooting percentage has begun to increase. Could be they both feel threatened by the acquisition of J.J. Reddick. For Ellis and Jennings to retain playing minutes they must be more efficient.

The Warriors are 20-8 on their home court. Their two game win streak is snapped on Friday in a 94-88 home defeat to the Houston Rockets as a -2 point betting favorite. The game landed under 223 points. Golden St shoots just 37.9% from the field in their loss along with 9 of 21 from three. They held the Rockets to 36.5% shooting and lose because they sent Houston to the free throw line 14 more times. Stephen Curry had 24 points and 8 assists on 8 of 21 from the field. It was the second straight game that Golden St was held under 90 points by two bad defensive teams in Sacramento and Houston. Andrew Bogut returned back to the Warriors lineup during this home stand and the Warriors are 2-1 in those games. Bogut has averaged just 3 points a game but pulled down 27 rebounds total in the three contests. Golden St is a top two team in the NBA in two key offensive areas which are three point and free throw shooting.
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