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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Wednesday when the Milwaukee Bucks and the Cleveland Cavaliers meet at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Oddsmakers opened the Bucks as -4-point favorites versus the Cavaliers, while the game's total opened at 217.
Last time out for Cleveland, they were a 95-93 winner as they battled the Knicks at home. The Cavaliers failed to cover in the match as a -4.5-point favorite, while 188 combined points moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.
In their last action, Milwaukee was a 133-127 winner at home against the Kings. They failed to cover the -7.5-point spread as favorites, while the combined score (260) was profitable news for OVER bettors.
Milwaukee:
Team record: 30-19 SU,21-28 ATS
Current Streak: won 3 straight games.
Milwaukee is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
Milwaukee is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
Cleveland:
Team record: 29-19 SU,30-16-2 ATS
Cleveland is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Milwaukee
Cleveland is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games when playing Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
Next up:
Milwaukee home to New York Friday, January 28
Cleveland at Detroit Sunday, January 30