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Indiana Pacers vs. Milwaukee Bucks
If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Monday when the Indiana Pacers and the Milwaukee Bucks meet at Fiserv Forum.
Oddsmakers opened the Bucks as -11-point favorites versus the Pacers, while the game's total opened at 226.
Milwaukee lost its last outing, a 111-95 result against the Heat on January 14. The Bucks failed to cover in that game as a +4.5-point underdog, while the 206 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
The Pacers were a 130-112 loser in their most recent outing at home against the Grizzlies. They failed to cover the +7.5-point spread as underdogs, while the total score (242) made winners of OVER bettors.
Indiana:
Team record: 16-16 SU,18-14 ATS
Indiana is 7-2-1 ATS in its last 10 games
Indiana is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Indiana's last 10 games
Milwaukee:
Team record: 22-9 SU,17-12-2 ATS
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games
Milwaukee is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Milwaukee is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games at home
Next up:
Indiana at Oklahoma City Wednesday, January 18
Milwaukee home to Toronto Tuesday, January 17