Heat vs Bucks 9/8/20 - NBA Betting Picks & Odds
Miami Heat vs. Milwaukee Bucks
NBA: 6:30 PM EST
Sep. 08, 2020
TV: TNT
Latest Odds : MIA -3 Total 216
The Bucks took the Heat to the overtime period before finally pulling out the win. The Bucks were able to put in a total of 118 points in the game, but the defense for Milwaukee ended up with a total of 115 points given up. The downside is it took to the overtime to get the win locked down, which was definitely not what the Bucks expected to have happen.
Khris Middleton ended up carrying the Bucks in the game as Giannis was out with an injury. Middleton in the game went 12/28 from the field and 9/9 from the line to get 36 points. Eric Bledsoe was able to get total of 10 defensive boards in the game. Now, Middleton did play 48 minutes in the game and in addition to getting his 36 points ended up with 8 assist and 4 turnovers.
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Miami looked lost at times or over confident in the game at times. That definitely hurt the Heat and their chances of locking down an early win in the series. However, Miami did manage to take the Bucks to the overtime period before giving up their first loss in the game and that could really shock the Heat back to reality that they cannot get over confident in the game here.
The Heat in the game relied almost completely on a single player to handle all the major aspects of the game. That player is Bam Adebayo who went 10/13 from the field and 6/6 from the line with 26 points. Adebayo did complete a double-double with 12 rebounds in the game. Now, the power forward did get a total of 8 assist and only 1 turnover in his 44 minutes of play.
Recent Betting Trends:
Miami are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Miami's last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Milwaukee's last 15 games against Miami.
Milwaukee are 14-6 SU in their last 20 games at home.
Free Betting Pick: Miami Heat -3
The game here will be the one that the Heat are able to come in and clinch the series. The health of Giannnis is not really known at this time, but the Heat are also coming in with a new found star in Adebayo who has played really well. Look for Bam to continue to play at a high level in this game, but he does get more support as Miami locks down a win after getting shocked back to reality. Final Score, Miami Heat win and cover 114-108.