Bucks vs Suns Betting Odds: Suns Ready to Outshine the Bungling Bucks
Phoenix Heats Up While Milwaukee Figures Things Out
Suns Favored as it Hosts Transitioning Bucks
The Phoenix Suns host the Milwaukee Bucks as the slight favorites at 2.5 points. It is rare to see the Bucks as underdogs. They are 0-4 as one this season. The Suns, on the flip side, are 24-13 as favorites. The Bucks vs Suns betting odds set the total at 246 points, which is standard for high-scoring Milwaukee. However, a coaching change has led to Milwaukee’s games trending ‘under’.
Bucks vs Suns 
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Records: Bucks (33-17)/Suns (29-2)
Location: Footprint Center, Phoenix, AZ
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Bucks Remain a Troubled Team Despite Record
It’s been chaos and drama in Milwaukee for the last few months. The team has now gone through three head coaches since they were ousted by Miami in the first round last season. With Doc Rivers now at the helm, Milwaukee continues to suffer. The Bucks got outscored 40-13 by Utah to blow a 16-point lead and lose.
The Bucks are 3-4 under Rivers. The team improved its defensive rating to 113.9, which is 11th. But its offense has lagged and the result is the total going under in five of these seven games. Milwaukee is still arguably a top-five team on the NBA standings. But this team is unreliable, especially for betting purposes.
Milwaukee is 19-31 against the spread (ATS) and 2-5 ATS under Rivers. Two of these losses were against Utah and Portland, two teams who had losing records at the time they played. And yet, we all want to feel as optimistic as superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is towards this team.
“When everything settle down, we are going to be very, very fine, I really do believe,” Antetokounmpo said during the press conference. “I believe we are trending towards the right direction.”
The team can start by proving the Bucks vs Suns betting odds wrong. Milwaukee has not won as an underdog yet but beating Kevin Durant and the Suns could be the confidence booster this NBA team needs.
Milwaukee is 7-1 and 6-1-1 ATS in its last eight games against Phoenix. Antetokounmpo averages 25 points and 11.5 rebounds in his last six regular season games against Phoenix. If he can continue to carry Milwaukee amidst the turmoil, he’s a shrewd bet to win the MVP in the NBA futures.
Bradley Beal Heats Up For Phoenix
While Milwaukee tries to figure itself out, Phoenix is beginning to. The Suns are 14-6 with the second-best offensive rating (121.9) in the NBA since Bradley Beal returned to the lineup. The three-time All-Star is averaging a modest 19.2 points by his standards. But he did annihilate his old team, Washington, with 43 points on only 21 shots.
With Durant and Devin Booker already playing like All-Stars, Beal’s resurgence will make Phoenix an even deadlier team. Phoenix is 8-2 when Beal hits the 20-point mark. The team did not simply trade half its roster to acquire him. He is an all-world offensive talent who will help make life easier for “KD” and Booker.
And yet, despite Phoenix’s potent scoring, it is better to bet ‘under’ on this team’s totals. Eight of Phoenix’s last 11 NBA games and four of its last five at home have all gone under. That’s because Phoenix’s pace is only ranked 16th in the NBA (in the last 20 games) and its defense is ranked 15th.
That means we don’t just get senseless scoring sprees in Phoenix’s games. A lot of its offense is based on the half-court and head coach Frank Vogel has helped the team on the defensive side. Phoenix looks like a title contender if it can get a favorable spot in its NBA playoffs schedule.
Facing Milwaukee, this is low-key a remix to an NBA Finals rematch from 2021. The Bucks vs Suns betting odds dictate that Phoenix edges it in this potential preview.
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