Next points festival of the champions?
The Milwaukee Bucks and New Orleans Pelicans will face each other next night. The home side won only one of the past five duels against the basketballers from the “Big Easy”. The following text provides a brief overview of the NBA betting tips for the game in the Fiserv Forum on 02.01.2022.
Milwaukee Bucks – Statistics & current form
The champions are currently on a run of five straight wins and Giannis Antetokounmpo in particular is once again unstoppable: The two-time MVP scored an impressive 33 points and delivered a double-double in points and rebounds in the recent win against Orlando.
Head coach Mike Budenholzer can also rely on home court advantage: Only Chicago and Miami score more than the Bucks in front of their own crowd in the Eastern Conference. In addition, only one of the last 13 home games was lost!
The performance of the forwards has also been impressive recently: at least 117 points have been scored in the last three games and an average of just under 127 in this review.
New Orleans Pelicans – statistics & current form
The Pels have to continue without Zion Williamson, but now the personnel situation has worsened once again. The reason is the loss of Brandon Ingram. The small forward ranks a respectable 16th in the NBA’s scoring rankings, averaging just under 23 points per game.
It is uncertain whether the 2016 second pick will be able to return. Another area of improvement for the Louisiana team this season is its defence: only six teams in the league are behind New Orleans in terms of defensive rating. The away record so far is also not encouraging: less than a third of the away games have been won!
However, there has been an upward trend in this regard recently: Half of the last ten away games were won. However, an easy schedule also helped, as the past two victories came against Orlando and Oklahoma – teams that can only be found in second-to-last place in the East and West.
Milwaukee Bucks – New Orleans Pelicans Tip
The Bucks scored 136 points in their last game against Orlando and their best output so far this season. Driven by the indefatigable “Greek Freak”, the champion’s offence is currently in top form. For the game between the Milwaukee Bucks and New Orleans Pelicans, the betting is therefore on the home side to score more than 116.5 points.
The strained personnel situation of the visitors from Mississippi also speaks in favour of this, which should also show in a weakened defensive work. Since the defence is not working well anyway, it looks like a shooting match for the Budenholzer troops. On top of that, the home side’s personnel situation has brightened up considerably. Only centre Brook Lopez is still missing from the starting five.
Bet365 offers betting odds of 1.90 for the duel between the Bucks and the Pelicans.
