The Milwaukee Bucks (1-0) hit the court against the Houston Rockets (0-2) at 5:00 PM ET on Saturday, October 22, 2022 on BSWI and SportsNet SW.
The Bucks hit the court as double-digit favorites against the Rockets. The Bucks are favored by 13 points. The matchup’s over/under is set at 231.
Bucks vs. Rockets Betting Odds
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- Spread: Milwaukee -13
- Total: 231
- Moneyline: Milwaukee -864, Houston +582
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Rockets at Bucks odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Bucks (- 13)
- Pick OU:
Under (231)
- Prediction:
Bucks 122 – Rockets 104
- Milwaukee was the moneyline favorite 66 total times last season. It finished 45-21 in those games.
- When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -864 or shorter last year, Milwaukee finished with a record of 9-1 (90%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, Milwaukee’s implied win probability is 89.6%.
- Last season, Houston was the underdog 75 times and won 14, or 18.7%, of those games.
- Last season, Houston won one of its nine games, or 11.1%, when it was the underdog by at least +582 on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win by Houston, based on the moneyline, is 14.7%.
- Last year, the 115.5 points per game the Bucks scored were only 2.7 fewer points than the Rockets gave up (118.2).
- When Milwaukee scored more than 118.2 points last season, it went 25-10 against the spread and 31-4 overall.
- Houston had a 21-11 record against the spread and a 15-17 record overall last season when allowing fewer than 115.5 points.
- The Rockets put up an average of 109.7 points per game last year, only 2.4 fewer points than the 112.1 the Bucks allowed to opponents.
- Houston put together a 26-9-1 ATS record and a 19-17 overall record last season in games it scored more than 112.1 points.
- Milwaukee went 24-11 against the spread and 29-6 overall last season when it gave up fewer than 109.7 points.
- Last season, the Bucks were the league’s third-ranked scoring team (115.5 PPG), while the Rockets allowed the most points per game (118.2) in NBA action.
- The 19th-ranked scoring NBA team was Houston a season ago (109.7 PPG), while the Milwaukee squad was the 18th-ranked defense (112.1 PPG) in the league.
- The Bucks out-scored their opponents by a total of 275 points last season (3.4 points per game on average), and opponents of the Rockets out-scored them by 695 more points on the year (8.5 per game).