Fargo's NBA Thursday Signature Enforcer

This is a play on the MILWAUKEE BUCKS for our NBA Thursday Signature Enforcer. Milwaukee went 2-1 on its recent homestand closing with a loss against Oklahoma City by 16 points and then opened its five-game roadtrip with an 11-point loss at Golden St. on Tuesday which was a bad spot with the Warriors coming off a loss to the Nuggets which snapped their seven-game winning streak. The Bucks are now in a similar situation that Denver was in, coming off a loss and playing a team that has caught fire a little bit. Milwaukee has not been great on the road and it has been favored 19 times on the road, going 6-13 ATS but six of those have come against playoff teams or teams in contention and have gone 4-2 ATS and this line is telling us all we need to know. The Lakers recently went 0-4 on their roadtrip, losing LeBron James in the process, and have come back home to win their last three games, making it nine straight home wins, including a 12-point win over Denver last night. Favored by 5.5 points over the Nuggets who were without Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, they are now underdogs seeing close to a 10-point swing and that points to Luka Doncic possibly being out after playing 32 minutes last night. Here, we play on favorites after having lost five or six of their last seven games, with a winning record on the season playing another winning team. This situation is 53-20 ATS (72.6 percent) since 2021 with a scoring differential of +7.8 ppg. 10* (559) Milwaukee Bucks

AUTHOR: Matt Fargo

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