Milwaukee could also use every win it can muster down the stretch, but it won’t be easy to knock off the Clippers since the Bucks are on the road. Milwaukee would love to spring this upset, but now that Los Angeles is healthy and playing well, that seems like a tall task to pull off.
This war on the floor will go down Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at 10:30 p.m. ET at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The game will be televised live on ESPN.
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Odds Analysis
The Clippers are 40-27 straight up and 33-34 against the spread. Los Angeles has played in 31 home games this season and has covered in 16 of them. The Clippers are 21-24 against the spread as the favorite this season.
The Bucks are 32-33 straight up and 29-36 against the spread. Milwaukee has played in 29 road games this season but has been poor, covering in just 11 of them. The Bucks are 14-17 against the spread as the underdog on the year.
Key Stat
4. -- That’s the number of players who have led their teams in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks in the same season. The players who have pulled it off are LeBron James, Scottie Pippen, Dave Cowens and Kevin Garnett.
Giannis Antetokounmpo currently leads the Bucks in every single aforementioned category, averaging 23.2 points, 8.6 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.9 blocks this season. The 22-year-old is a one man show out in Milwaukee this season and has recorded 21 double-doubles on the year, including two triple-doubles.
Antetokounmpo had 24 points, five rebounds and eight assist in the Bucks 112-101 win over the Clippers earlier this month. He also had 32 points and 13 rebounds in a win against the Knicks on March 8th. The Clippers have a pair of super athletic big men in Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, but Antetokounmpo is just as impressive and is on his way to NBA stardom.
He will need to play really well to give his team a chance at the victory.
Player to Watch Chris Paul -- The veteran has playing really well in the month of March, averaging 19 points per game for the Clippers so far. He is averaging 17.6 points, 9.3 assists and five rebounds per game this season.
Paul put up 30 points and finished with seven assists in his team’s 112-100 win over Philadelphia on Saturday. He also had a double-double against the Rockets earlier this month, finishing with 16 points and 11 assists.
Paul missed 14 games this season with a thumb injury, but has returned stronger than ever for the Clippers. That’s good new for Los Angeles, which is hoping to finish the season well and then make a playoff run.
Free NBA ATS Pick
Milwaukee has been playing well of late, but there are questions about its ceiling since Jabari Parker was lost for the season because of an ACL in mid-February. As good as Antetokounmpo is, the Bucks may not have enough firepower to keep up in this one.
The Clippers had to deal with injuries to Paul and Blake Griffin for long stretches earlier this season, but now are excelling. They are the better team and have the home court advantage, so this should be a relatively easy win for Los Angeles.
The big question will be where the spread comes in, as the Bucks could play well enough to cover.
NBA Odds: Clippers 112, Bucks 103
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