Milwaukee Bucks at Miami Heat odds, picks and predictions

Kevin Erickson | Staff Writer

The Milwaukee Bucks (12-5) travel to meet the Miami Heat (10-7) Tuesday at Kaseya Center for an in-season tournament game. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT). Let's analyze FanDuel Sportsbook's lines around the Bucks vs. Heat odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions.

Season series: Bucks lead 1-0, winning the 1st meeting in Milwaukee by a 122-114 score on Oct. 30, covering a 7.5-point spread as the Over (226) cashed.

The Bucks have picked up wins in 2 straight outings, although Milwaukee has failed to covered as double-digit favorites in those games. The Bucks are 5-2 against the spread (ATS) in the past 7 games overall, while Milwaukee has won 7 of the past 8 outings straight up (SU).

The Heat wrapped up a 5-game road trip at Brooklyn on Saturday, falling 112-97. Miami was 2-3 SU and 3-2 ATS on the road trip, while going a respectable 7-3 ATS across the past 10 games overall.

Miami will be playing just its 6th game at home this season, going 4-1 SU, but just 1-4 ATS.

Bucks at Heat odds

Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:42 a.m. ET.

Moneyline (ML): Bucks -154 (bet $154 to win $100) | Heat +130 (bet $100 to win $130)
Against the spread (ATS): Bucks -3 (-110) | Heat +3 (-110)
Over/Under (O/U): 225 (O: -112 | U: -108)

Bucks at Heat key injuries

Bucks

F Khris Middleton (Achilles) questionable

Heat

C Bam Adebayo (hip) probable
F Jimmy Butler (ankle) questionable
F Haywood Highsmith (back) questionable
F Duncan Robinson (thumb) probable

For most recent updates: Official NBA injury report.

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Bucks at Heat picks and predictions

Prediction

Bucks 115, Heat 109

Moneyline

The BUCKS (-154) aren't a bad play straight up if you just want to pick a winner and not fiddle around with the points.

Milwaukee has won 3 straight regular-season meetings, while Miami won 4-1 in a best-of-5 playoff series in the spring. The Bucks have won 7 of the past 8 games overall, too, and they're playing tremendous basketball either at home or on the road lately.

Against the spread

The BUCKS -3 (-110) isn't a giant risk laying the points, although they need to win by 2 buckets to get the cover. Still, it might be worth playing over the moneyline if you don't want to eat so much chalk straight up.

Milwaukee is 5-2 ATS in the past 7 games overall, while covering each of the past 3 regular-season meetings, too.

Over/Under

UNDER 225 (-108) is the lean, but go with a half-unit play at most.

The Under has cashed in 3 of the past 5 games overall for the Heat, while going 3-2 in 5 games at home this season.

The Bucks have cashed Under in 2 of the past 3 games overall for the Bucks, with a slight 5-4 edge to the Under in the previous 9 contests.

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