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Milwaukee Bucks vs Miami Heat Betting Preview<\/h2>\n

WagerTalk NBA handicapper Andy Lang<\/a> offers his expert predictions and picks for tonight’s Milwaukee Bucks vs Miami Heat battle from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI. Both the Bucks and Heat sit atop their respective divisions heading into tonight’s matchup.<\/p>\n

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Milwaukee Bucks vs Miami Heat Betting Odds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Friday, February 24<\/th>\nNBA Betting Notes, Courtesy of Caesars<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Point Spread:<\/td>\nMilwaukee Bucks -1.5 vs Miami Heat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total:<\/td>\n219 Points<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arena:<\/td>\nFiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Game Time:<\/td>\n7:30pm ET \/ 4:30pm PT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TV:<\/td>\nESPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Milwaukee Bucks vs Miami Heat Betting Analysis<\/h2>\n

Miami comes out of the all-star break with three road games, but they may get a nice gift tonight as Giannis is listed as doubtful tonight and the Bucks are 6-5 without him in the lineup this season.<\/p>\n

Miami needs this win more than Milwaukee as the Heat are outside the playoffs and currently in the play-in games, and they have a brutal schedule post all-star break.<\/p>\n

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The Heat Is On The Heat<\/h3>\n

The Heat play Milwaukee, Philly twice, Atlanta twice, and Cleveland twice before March 11 along with the Knicks and Hornets mixed in as well, so they have the potential to have losses pile up.<\/p>\n

Lowry is out for the Heat as it appears it may be over for him, and the Heat have not been impressive recently losing to Brooklyn and Denver before the break.<\/p>\n

They won three games before that, but against bad teams in Orlando, Houston and the Pacers, and all those games were close.<\/p>\n

These teams played twice in January with Miami winning both games, and both were without Giannis and the leading scorer in both games was\u2026of all people\u2026Gabe Vincent.<\/p>\n

Miami will take some confidence from those wins, but they\u2019re only 4-6 covering the spread on the road their last 10, and Milwaukee might have revenge on their mind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Bucks Fighting For The #1 Seed<\/h3>\n

Milwaukee is a game behind Boston for the #1 seed, and they were on fire before the all-star break winning 12 straight games.<\/p>\n

With Giannis dealing with the wrist injury, the rest of the team is going to have to continue their winning ways without him, and they are certainly capable of that with their pieces.<\/p>\n

Portis and Lopez will be manning the paint, so look for them to have a big increase in points and rebounds if Giannis is out which is great for us prop bettors.<\/p>\n

The Bucks are 2-4 their last six games without Giannis, and their two wins are against Indiana and Toronto with losses coming to Cleveland, Washington and Miami twice so when the quality of the opponent is high, they struggle without him.<\/p>\n

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Milwaukee Bucks vs Miami Heat Expert Prediction<\/span><\/h2>\n
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If Giannis is indeed out, I\u2019ll go with Miami to win on the Moneyline. The Bucks performance without him is alarming, and I think Miami has the motivation edge tonight as they know how tough their schedule is and getting to play Milwaukee without Giannis is a huge break.<\/p>\n

The Bucks have given up 114, 122 and 119 their last three without Giannis and Miami is obviously rested coming out of the break, I\u2019ll take the Heat who have the motivation and health edge tonight.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Miami Heat Moneyline +110<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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