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Milwaukee Bucks vs. New Orleans Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Monday when they take on the Milwaukee Bucks at Smoothie King Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Pelicans as -2-point favorites versus the Bucks, while the game's total opened at 224.5.
In their last action, New Orleans was a 118-114 loser on the road against the Suns. They failed to cover the +3.5-point spread as underdogs, while the combined score (232) was profitable news for OVER bettors.
Milwaukee won its last outing, a 123-97 result against the Jazz on December 17. The Bucks covered in that game as a -2-point favorite, while the 220 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
Milwaukee:
Team record: 21-8 SU,16-11-2 ATS
Milwaukee is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
Milwaukee is 1-5-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Milwaukee is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
New Orleans:
Team record: 18-11 SU,15-14 ATS
Current Streak: lost 3 straight games.
New Orleans is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
New Orleans is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans's last 5 games
Next up:
Milwaukee at Cleveland Wednesday, December 21
New Orleans home to San Antonio Thursday, December 22