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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Detroit Pistons
If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Tuesday when the Milwaukee Bucks and the Detroit Pistons meet at Little Caesars Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Bucks as -5-point favorites versus the Pistons, while the game's total opened at 217.5.
The Pistons were a 117-91 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Nets. They failed to cover the +12-point spread as underdogs, while the total score (208) made winners of UNDER bettors.
Milwaukee lost its last outing, a 107-95 result against the Jazz on October 31. The Bucks failed to cover in that game as a +4.5-point underdog, while the 202 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
Milwaukee:
Team record: 3-4 SU,3-4 ATS
Current Streak: lost 3 straight games.
Milwaukee is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Milwaukee is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Milwaukee's last 5 games
Detroit:
Team record: 1-5 SU,2-4 ATS
Detroit is 2-9 ATS in its last 11 games
Detroit is 1-10 SU in its last 11 games
Detroit is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Next up:
Milwaukee home to New York Friday, November 5
Detroit home to Philadelphia Thursday, November 4