{"id":2957,"date":"2008-12-07T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/bucks-lakers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-07T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T15:22:00","slug":"bucks-lakers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/bucks-lakers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks-Lakers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at STAPLES<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers when they take their seats on Sunday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 13\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bucks, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bucks outlasted the Bobcats on Friday, and came away with a 101-96 victory. The Bucks managed to cover the 4-point spread, and the 197 points sailed OVER the posted total of 186. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael Redd led the way with 25 points and five rebounds, and Richard Jefferson added 22 in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Lakers were outplayed in the fourth quarter, but managed to hang on for a 106-104 victory over the Wizards on Friday. The Lakers failed to cover the 12-point spread, and the 210 points fell UNDER the posted total of 213.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Andrew Bynum had 19 points with 10 rebounds for a double-double, and Kobe Bryant dropped a team-high 23 points in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 9-12 SU, 14-6-1<\/st1:date> ATS
Los Angeles: 16-2 SU, 11-7 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Milwaukee most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 3-7
Before playing Phoenix are 4-6
After playing Charlotte are 3-7
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing Sacramento are 9-1
After playing Washington are 5-5
After a win are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Milwaukee’s last 9 games on the road
Milwaukee is 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games when playing LA Lakers
Milwaukee is 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers
Milwaukee is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games
LA Lakers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games at home
LA Lakers are 9-1 SU in their last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of the LA Lakers last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of the LA Lakers last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, December 9
LA Lakers at Sacramento<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, December 9<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at STAPLES Center will be treated to a game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers when they take their seats on Sunday. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 13\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bucks, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Bucks outlasted the Bobcats on Friday, … Continue reading Bucks-Lakers Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}