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An NBA Game Day Preview between the Indiana Pacers Vs Milwaukee Bucks – StatementGames alternative Fantasy Basketball, play for FREE and WIN CASH Rewards.

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Malcolm Brogdon – (Indiana Pacers)

When: 7:00 PM EST, February 3, 2021
Where: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI
TV: ESPN

Point Spread: Bucks -8.5
OVER/UNDER Game Total: 232.5

Indiana Pacers

Record: 12-9
Road Record: 5-3
ATS: 11-10

Milwaukee Bucks

Record: 12-8
Home Record: 8-2
ATS: 9-11

Indiana Pacers Vs Milwaukee Bucks Game Day Preview

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Giannis Antetokounmpo & Khris Middleton – (Milwaukee Bucks)

The Milwaukee Bucks will be the more rested team when they host the Indiana Pacers tonight.

While the Pacers were beating the snot out the Memphis Grizzlies 134-116 on Tuesday in Indianapolis, the Bucks had a day off after a 134-106 win over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Monday.

Indiana Pacers

While the Pacers just finished up back to back games, they benefitted from the one-sided nature last night. As a result, they did not extending any player past 35 minutes.

Domantas Sabonis had 32 points and 13 rebounds in the win, while Malcolm Brogdon warmed up for a meeting with his former teammates with 23 points and seven assists.

Brogdon, who left the Bucks for a four-year, $85 million deal in a sign-and-trade after the 2019 season, was more of a ball distributor than a scorer in three head-to-head matchups with his old team last season. He averaged just 10.3 points but also 8.3 assists in those games.

Milwaukee won its two home games last season against Indiana by an average of 23.5 points.

Brogdon averaged 16.5 points and 7.1 assists last season for the Pacers. He has bumped the scoring up to 22.9 this year while keeping the assists (7.0) basically the same.

Brogdon credits the unselfish Sabonis for his boost in scoring.

“I think he and (the Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic) are the best passing bigs in the league,” he said. “He’s very versatile. He’s an All-Star.”

Milwaukee Bucks

Giannis Antetokounmpo & Khris Middleton noticed how their team was firing on all cylinders Monday to tip off their two-game homestand. Six Milwaukee players scored 13 or more points, with Jrue Holiday (22) and Bobby Portis (21) leading the charge.

The win allowed Milwaukee to snap a two-game losing streak. The Bucks followed another two-game skid earlier in January with a two-game winning streak.

The Bucks have had three-, four- and two-game winning streaks since Jan. 1.

Bryn Forbes, brought in to Milwaukee this season to help fill the void left behind by Malcolm Brogdon’s departure a year earlier, noted Monday that using the Pacers as a building block in a winning streak won’t be easy.

“Honestly, I think people get up for this game (against) the Bucks,” he said. “They’re No. 1 in the East for the last couple of years, so I think people are locked in when they play us. Every team is bringing their best when they play us, honestly.

“Every team is ready to go when they play us and maybe they are a little more focused and locked in than they are on some other nights and maybe just trying to prove a point.”

Pacers Vs Bucks Facts

  1. Pacers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games playing on 0 days rest.
  2. Bucks are 2-7-1 ATS in their last 10 games following a ATS win.
  3. Pacers are 1-5 ATS in the last 6 meetings against the Bucks.

Indiana Pacers Vs Milwaukee Bucks Alternative Fantasy Basketball-Statement Games Picks

Pacers 109 Bucks 117

  1. 10 PT Pick: Giannis Antetokounmpo OVER 30.5 PTS
  2. 9 PT Pick: Malcolm Brogdon OVER 24.5 PTS
  3. 8 PT Pick: Domantas Sabonis UNDER 9.5 Rebounds

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