The home team is 7-0 straight up and 5-2 against the spread in the last seven games between the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks hope that this trend will continue when they host the Celtics Thursday night.
Celtics vs. Bucks odds 2018: Milwaukee home favorite in Thursday Game 6 matchup
The Milwaukee Bucks get the nod on the NBA betting lines at the sportsbooks as they try to extend this first-round series with a home win Thursday over the Boston Celtics.
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Milwaukee is a 5-point home favorite in Game 6 at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. The Celtics covered the spread in a 104-102 loss in Milwaukee in Game 4 as 6-point road underdogs.
Boston Celtics at Milwaukee Bucks
When: Thursday, April 26, 8 p.m. ET
Where: Bradley Center, Milwaukee
Betting Line / Total: Milwaukee -5 / 199.5 Points
Milwaukee Bucks
The Bucks may run a good portion of their offense through the “Greek Freak” Giannis Antetokounmpo down low, but the state of this series rests heavily on the team’s outside shooting.
In Milwaukee’s two wins at home, the Bucks have shot 46.4 percent from behind the arc making 26 of their 56 three-point attempts. In their three road losses, the team is just 24 for 71 from downtown shooting 33.8 percent. To force a Game 7, Milwaukee will need to hit its three pointers at home like it has so far in this series.
Despite picking up outright wins in each of their last three home games against Boston, the Bucks are just 1-7 ATS in their last eight games against the Celtics overall per the OddsShark NBA Database.
Boston Celtics
Boston was fantastic on defense in Game 5, holding Antetokounmpo to a series-low 16 points and the Bucks to just 87 in a hard-fought 92-87 victory at home. The offense will need to step up in Milwaukee however as the last time the Celtics put up 92 points on the road it was not nearly enough in a 116-92 blowout loss in Game 3.
The Celtics have lost each of their last five game on the road but are 16-5 ATS in their last 21 road games.
Thursday night’s total is set at 199.5 points. The OVER is 6-1 in the last seven games between the Celtics and Bucks.
This has been a great series through the first five games with two blowouts, two regulation nail-biters and one overtime game. It almost feels destined for seven games, but Boston will try to avoid that with another smothering effort on defense Thursday.
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