The Milwaukee Bucks will face the Charlotte Hornets in an Eastern Conference matchup on Friday. Milwaukee is 33-19 overall and 21-6 at home, while Charlotte is 10-40 overall and 5-19 on the road. The Bucks defeated the Hornets 130–99 on November 17 in their first meeting of the season.
Tip-off is scheduled for 8 pm ET on Friday at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. According to the SportsLine consensus, the Bucks are 14-point favorites in the latest Hornets vs. Bucks odds, and the over/under is 231 points. Before entering any Bucks vs. Hornets selection, you need to look at the NBA predictions and betting advice from SportsLine’s advanced computer simulation model.
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The model focuses on Charlotte vs. Milwaukee. You can visit SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several NBA odds and betting lines for Hornets vs. Bucks:
- Bucks vs Hornets Spread: Bucks -14
- Bucks vs. Hornets Over/Under: 231 points
- Bucks vs. Hornets Money Line: Bucks: -1271, Hornets: +763
- CHA: Hornets have covered the spread in back-to-back contests
- Mill: Bucks are 4-4 ATS in the second half of back-to-backs this season
- Bucks vs. Hornets Picks: Watch Picks on SportsLine
What to know about hornets
The Hornets are entering a nine-game losing streak, most recently losing to the Raptors 123-117 on Wednesday. The Hornets were involved in the two biggest trades at yesterday’s NBA trade deadline, leaving them without Gordon Hayward (transferred to the Thunder) and PJ Washington (traded to the Mavericks). Charlotte will be very shorthanded on Friday with LaMelo Ball (ankle) and Mark Williams (back) also out.
Miles Bridges and Brandon Miller are the only two of the team’s top six leading scorers before the trade deadline available to play for Charlotte on Friday. Bridges is averaging 21.9 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, while Miller is averaging 16.5 ppg. Miller, the No. 2 overall pick in the NBA Draft, is averaging 29 PPG over his last three contests and will now have even more opportunities to create and score after Charlotte’s recent trades. Here’s a look at which team to pick.
What to know about boxes
The Doc Rivers era in Milwaukee has not started well as the Bucks are 1–5 in his first six games as head coach. An adjustment period is expected with a drastic move such as bringing in a new head coach, and five of the first six games have been against teams in the top 10 in the Western Conference. Relieving the Hornets is too easy and should allow the Bucks to play winning basketball under Rivers.
The Bucks are playing without Damian Lillard (ankle) and Khris Middleton (ankle) after Thursday’s 129-105 loss to the Timberwolves. It was the second consecutive game Lillard missed and the Bucks are 0-5 without the eight-time All-Star in the lineup. The Bucks are averaging 109.6 PPG without Lillard while averaging 123 PPG overall on the season, so his presence makes a big difference for the Bucks. Even if he can’t go, they still have two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is averaging 31.1 points, 11.2 rebounds and 6.4 assists this season. Here’s a look at which team to pick.
How to Make Bucks vs Hornets Picks
The model has simulated Hornets vs. Bucks 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning, and it also says that one side of the spread is affected more than 50% of the time., You can watch the selection only on SportsLine.
So who wins Hornets vs. Bucks, and which side of the spread hits more than 50% of the time? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Bucks vs. Hornets you need to jump on on Friday, from the model on a 51-33 roll on all the top-rated NBA picks this season, and find out.
