NBA Game Insights: Lakers vs. Bucks & Player Props

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00:00Let's talk some NBA games on this Thursday as well. The

00:03Lakers have been struggling as of late seven point underdog on

00:07the road tonight in Milwaukee still no LeBron James expected

00:11in the lineup. The Bucks got beat at the buzzer on a four

00:14point play by Tyrese Halliburton just a few nights ago in

00:19Indianapolis. How competitive will tonight's game be inside

00:22the Pfizer forum?

00:24It's gonna be super competitive and it has me leaning to the

00:27under right from the jump. If the Lakers are going to win this

00:29game, it's not going to be turning it into a shootout when

00:32they don't have LeBron and a one game sample size, nothing

00:35that we want to draw from but the Lakers against their recent

00:39game against the Nets. They were at 98.1 possessions, which

00:42would put them at the sixth slowest in the league. Again,

00:44it's a one game sample size, but ultimately, they don't want to

00:47turn this into a shootout when they don't have LeBron. So they

00:49have to reel things in and limit the possessions on the other

00:52side when we know Milwaukee wants to bounce back. So it's

00:55the under in that game tonight.

00:58225 and a half is that total Vecchio two final plays for your

01:02top props on this Thursday. Last 40 seconds of this segment.

01:05Take us through it.

01:06Yeah, so Kate Cunningham has been awesome. He's consistently

01:09consistently pushing towards 30 points. He's actually nearly

01:12averaging a double double in the season. So I like the fact that

01:15he can go over the summer basically on points in one way

01:17that we've had four assists or more literally every single game

01:20this season. So I'll take Kate Cunningham over 35 and a half

01:23points plus assists. And then I like Braden point for a goal for

01:25Tampa there. They didn't write the ship tonight against Donnie's

01:27Flyers who Travis technically is in his day to day. So his goal

01:31odds are not there. And I like point to, you know, bounce back

01:34after a couple slow games from him. And they get the offense

01:37going against the Flyers tonight.

01:39A shorter five games slated around the NBA tonight. We'll

01:42dive through a few and then we'll get to college basketball

01:45to really start our CBB handicapping to end out the

01:48entirety of this third hour on the early line. The Lakers have

01:53dropped two in a row after that eight game win streak. And of

01:55course, do not have LeBron James entering tonight in Milwaukee

01:59against a Bucs team also hoping for a bounce back losing at the

02:03buzzer in Indianapolis because of a four point play from Tyrese

02:08Halliburton on Tuesday night. Milwaukee expected a bounce back

02:13DRS seven point spread in favor of the Bucs total 225 and a half

02:18can the Lakers play spoiler would be all Milwaukee in this

02:22Milwaukee matchup. I think Milwaukee does win the

02:25basketball game. But I think we're beyond the precipice of

02:28saying, okay, as least I'm going to get Luka Donchik in that

02:30lineup with some decent players around them. Yes, the Bucs will

02:34win. But we trusting the Bucs like if that line now currently

02:36which it is the fan those sports book up to seven points. What

02:39does that end up by the end of the day? So that means you're

02:41going to bet the Bucs at a minus 10 price when the Bucs again,

02:44just looking to bounce back into that tough loss they had where

02:46they should have picked up a victory. They win by four or

02:48five or six points. They don't care. So for me and understand

02:51the way that you know, JJ Redick is coaching. He doesn't

02:55want letdowns or that excuse to creep in. Well, hey, you know

02:58what, we really worked hard with LeBron James and Luka Donchik.

03:01But now that LeBron is going to be around, it's okay to lose

03:03four or five games in a row. That's not the case. So I'm

03:06going to say, you know what, go against the public trend of the

03:08line opening up here, New Jersey at Fandula five, now up to

03:11seven, give me the seven points of the Lakers. As long as Luke

03:14is healthy in that starting lineup. Why can't they at least

03:16hang around in this game within double digits to give you a

03:19chance at victory? I'm not laying it with the Bucs in it.

03:21I'll take it with the Lakers.

03:23Do we forget who Luka Donchik is single handedly bringing a

03:27Dallas Mavericks team basically to the postseason? I don't think

03:31single. What? What do you say?

03:33You see that lineup anticipated out there, Ben, tell me a little

03:36bit about it. Austin Reeves, Luka Donchik, Dalton Connect, Alex

03:40Len, Dorian Finney-Smith. Kind of impressive, man, by the way.

03:45It's kind of impressive.

03:46It is.

03:47Really is.

03:47A couple, a couple of Europeans, Dorian Finney-Smith, a great

03:51defender who played with Luka in Dallas.

03:54Nick, great German.

03:54And then of course, Austin Reeves and Dalton Connect, a

03:57couple of gym rats with high basketball IQ. And to Donnie's

04:00point, it's not like, oh, boo hoo, LeBron James isn't here. I

04:04guess Luka will have to do. We can lose three of our next

04:07five. The Lakers are still trying to hold on to home floor

04:10advantage, at least for the opening round of the

04:13postseason. On the eight game win streak, DRS, six days ago,

04:17two seed in the Western Conference. Memphis has won

04:21four straight. They're the two seed now in front of Denver,

04:25who's in front of LA. And the Lakers only a half game

04:28advantage over a Rockets team that has won four in a row. And

04:31a Golden State team that has won five in a row. And the T-Wolves

04:35surging as well. A lot of playoff positioning to be had. I

04:39agree with you. The Lakers stay within the number. They have not

04:42covered in their last two losses. I also agree with

04:45you. I think the under of 225 and a half makes a ton of sense.

04:49Lakers under a nine of 11 since the All-Star break, even their

04:52last game in Brooklyn, which pushed to the over, would have

04:55been under this number. Milwaukee under in three

04:58consecutive L's for the Bucs. And of course, big postseason

05:02positioning for Milwaukee in the fourth spot in the Eastern

05:06Conference, but identical record at this moment to Indiana.

05:10Let's go to Golden State. The Warriors have won five straight.

05:13The Warriors with Jimmy Butler look like look like a true

05:17playoff contender. California contest, the Northern California

05:21rivalry, Golden State seven point home favorite tonight, DRS

05:24against Sacramento. What do you like in this matchup in San

05:27Fran?

05:28This is the shame again, the NBA sometimes we handicap these

05:30games well ahead of the game starting open up at six and a

05:33half as a favorite here in New Jersey towards the Golden State

05:36Warriors at Fandul. It's up to seven right now. Some of the

05:38outlets are up to seven and a half. But look at the anticipated

05:40starting lineup tonight for the Sacramento Kings. Monk, Levine,

05:45the Rosenmary, the Montes Sabonis. Now, we don't know if

05:50he's playing or not, maybe anticipated to play. So I leave

05:53this here and it's hard to do right. If Sabonis is in, I'm

05:56taking the seven points at this point. If he's not, I'm still

06:00gonna take the seven points. So there, how about that? Let's

06:02just go ahead with the Kings. The added bonus of Sabonis back

06:06in is enough for the intrigue, even if he's not there talented

06:09enough to hang around the chicken coop. Give me the Kings.

06:13Maybe then Golden State is at least preparing for the idea of

06:17Doma being out there tonight for Sacramento. The Kings, by the

06:20way, have covered in seven of their last eight. They have

06:23covered in three of their prior four as an underdog. I think

06:26this game is competitive. Golden State, of course, with Jimmy

06:29Butler in the starting five has won 12 of 13. They have not

06:34covered though in their last three victories now riding a

06:37five game win streak. Golden State out of the play-in

06:41tournament. Minnesota hot on the Dubs heels. Winners of six in a

06:46row. Sacramento still a play-in tourney team as of this time.

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