Doc Rivers with first win as Bucks coach?

A west-east clash between Dallas and Milwaukee in Texas. Which betting tip does the betting base have at hand? Two “contenders” for the title will meet in this encounter, although this judgment is particularly true for the visitors

The Bucks are second in the East and have one of the NBA’s superstars in their ranks in Giannis Antetokounmpo. Although Dallas counters this with Luka Doncic, the NBA’s second-best scorer after Joel Embiid of Philadelphia, Milwaukee is better positioned in terms of the breadth of its squad

In addition, the visitors signed Damian Lillard, one of the best three-point shooters in the NBA, before the season. For the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Milwaukee Bucks, the forecast is for the visitors to score more than 126.5 points.

Dallas Mavericks – Statistics & current form

The basketball hunters from the “Lone Star State” have won the title once so far and the triumph came in 2011. Back then, Dirk Nowitzki carried the team more or less alone on his Bavarian shoulders and currently such an unequal division of labor can be seen again in Dallas.

The team is extremely dependent on Luka Doncic. The Slovenian scores just under 35 points per game and recently produced one of the NBA’s finest moments with 73 points against Atlanta. No player has ever scored more points in Dallas and only Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant have ever scored more points in a single NBA game

Maximum 121 points by Dallas?

Now, however, the Mavs are worried about his participation, as Doncic suffered an injury and missed the last game against Minnesota. In view of this and the strength of the upcoming opponent, betting odds of less than 121.5 points by the home side in the clash between the Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks are also worth considering.

The prediction is underpinned by the absence of Kyrie Irving. “Uncle Drew” is the hosts’ second-highest scorer and has now been missing for five games. Whether it will be enough for a comeback against the Bucks currently seems rather unlikely

Milwaukee Bucks – statistics & current form

The basketball team from the “Brew City” recently changed coaches. Adrian Griffin had to vacate his seat and his successor is an old acquaintance in the NBA, Doc Rivers. The 62-year-old has already coached four other franchises in the league over the course of his career, including the Clippers and the Celtics.

Thanks to his daughter’s choice of partner, he has also been the father-in-law of none other than Stephen “Chef” Curry from the Warriors for several years. In Milwaukee, he was undoubtedly also brought in because he knows how to win titles. He achieved this feat in 2008, when Doc Rivers led the Boston Celtics to triumph in the NBA

Doc Rivers is still waiting for his first success with the Bucks

However, his debut as coach of the Bucks went wrong. Milwaukee lost on his debut against the champions from Denver on the penultimate matchday. He then faced Portland and again suffered a defeat, albeit a very narrow 116:119.

However, Brook Lopez has improved recently. The center has scored at least 19 points in the past three games and even averaged 20.6 points. By comparison, his seasonal average is 13.3 points.

Against this backdrop, a prediction of 14 or more points from the “seven-footer” in the showdown between the Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks also looks promising. Quotes for the additional prediction are available at Interwetten, for example:

Dallas Mavericks – Milwaukee Bucks head-to-head / H2H result

Milwaukee won the last meeting against Dallas by 132-125 in their last outing at home last November, the third straight win in this fixture for the Fiserv Forum franchise.

Dallas Mavericks – Milwaukee Bucks betting tip

In the meeting of the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers, the forecast includes more than 126.5 points by the visitors. Milwaukee scores the second most points per game in the NBA after Indiana and the home side has been very weak defensively of late.

Three of the past five opponents have exceeded the selected limit of points and even a rather offensively weak team like Orlando can be spotted here. In addition, the use of rookie Dereck Lively II is in jeopardy

The center averages just under eight rebounds, making him very valuable for the Mavs’ defense. However, he has been absent recently due to a broken nose and Lively II will probably have to miss out again against the Bucks. The visitors will also be very motivated: In the third game under their new coach Doc Rivers, they should finally get their first win.