The Milwaukee Bucks have their championship groove back. Milwaukee was the best team in the Eastern Conference in the second half of the season. As a result, the Bucks clinched the top seed in the East. And most important to the NBA betting community is that the Bucks finished in the black. In the seasons leading up to their 2020 NBA championship, Milwaukee was one of the best values on the board. The Bucks have restored much of the faith that gamblers once had in them.
Milwaukee Buicks at Odds at SBG:
| To win NBA Championship | +240 |
|---|---|
| To win Eastern Conference | +110 |
Milwaukee Bucks SBG Odds Overview
Specifically, the Milwaukee Bucks will face the lowest-seeded winner of the play-in round. Milwaukee’s first playoff game is on Sunday, April 16, 2023, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tipoff time and television coverage are to be determined. Accordingly, with the top record in the NBA, Milwaukee is an understandable sportsbook favorite to win the NBA title.
Milwaukee Bucks Team Overview
The Milwaukee Bucs are 58-24 straight up, 44-36-2 against the spread, and 41-41 over/under the total. Late on, Milwaukee has covered two out of their last six games. While the Bucks have gone over the NBA betting total in six of its previous eight matchups. Concurrently, Milwaukee is 1st in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Boston is one game behind the Bucks in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Milwaukee has NBA metrics of 8th for scoring offense, 19th for field goal percentage, 10th for 3-point field goal percentage, 29th for free throw percentage, and 1st for offensive rebounding.
In comparison on defense, the Bucks have NBA metrics of 14th for scoring defense, 2nd for field goal percentage permitted, 8th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 20th for defensive rebounding.
First among Milwaukee scorers is Giannis Antetokounmpo, with 31.1 points and 11.8 rebounds per game.
Championships and Heartbreaks Make Milwaukee History
The Milwaukee Bucks have had a lot of success since joining the NBA. Despite winning only two NBA championships. They have made the playoffs 34 times and were immediate contenders after they went 27-55 in their expansion season in 1968-69.
Milwaukee was able to draft Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the No. 1 overall pick in the 1969 NBA Draft. In turn, that made the Bucks a franchise to be reckoned with from that point forward. They proceeded to win at least 55 games in the next five seasons. And then they won the 1971 NBA Finals after going 66-16 during the regular season. Oscar Robertson joined Abdul-Jabbar for that season. Subsequently, the Bucks only lost two playoff games on their way to the title.
However, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar never felt at home in Milwaukee. That led to Abdul-Jabbar being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 1975. In turn, the Bucks dropped off. Although they had a successful run in the 1980s, they could never make it past the Eastern Conference Finals.
Now, Milwaukee has another destiny-changing superstar in Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Greek Freak is the most talented player in the NBA. And he won the NBA Finals MVP en route to the Bucks winning the 2021 NBA Finals. Antetokounmpo has already signed a max extension with the franchise until the end of the 2025-26 season.