Joralexray Garcia
January 25 will be a day that promises a great spectacle for the followers of the best basketball in the world, being Nuggets vs Bucks one of the games that will attract most of the attention.
This will be the first game of the campaign between these two teams that are expected to be protagonists in their respective conferences. This will be a particular series that has recently been leaning a little bit towards the Nuggets and that has seen the visiting team win seven of the last ten games.
Without further ado, at JefeBet we present our analysis and prediction for this Denver Nuggets vs Milwaukee Bucks game. We also recommend you to visit our website, where you will be able to find our predictions and the betting odds for each of the NBA games.
Predictions, Odds, and Betting Preview for the Denver Nuggets vs Milwaukee Bucks NBA Regular Season Game on January 25, 2023
- Where: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- When: Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 8:00 PM E.T.
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Betting on the Denver Nuggets
- Season record: 34-14
A few days ago, the Nuggets snapped a remarkable nine-game winning streak with a loss to the Thunder at home, a defeat caused mainly by the absence of Nikola Jokić. The Serb leads the team in nearly every statistic with an average of 25.1 points, 9.9 assists, 11.0 rebounds, and 1.4 steals per game.
Fortunately, the 27-year-old returned to action last night, vital to a Nuggets’ offense that is fifth-best in the NBA with an average of 117.2 points scored per game, but which drops its output to about 114.2 points away from home. The Nuggets’ defense is not usually the same on the road either, averaging 117.7 points allowed, something that has caused them a lot of problems.
Those struggles to be consistent on the road were in evidence yesterday, where the Nuggets won the first half by 16 points, but let a Zion Williamson-less New Orleans Pelicans dominate the second half, with Jokic coming to the rescue to record a hard-fought 99-98 win. It is worth mentioning that Jokic recorded a triple-double of 25 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds.
Betting on the Milwaukee Bucks
- Season record: 30-17
The return of the Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo came in a big way last Monday after almost a week without playing. This is great news for the Bucks, who hope to recover some lost ground in the fight for the top of the Eastern Conference, where they are currently third, 4.5 games behind their goal.
Antetokounmpo led the Bucks’ offense in a game in which they scored more than 30 points in each half to end with a 150-130 victory over the Detroit Pistons. During that game, the Greek recording a double-double of 29 points and 12 rebounds in just 26:31 minutes on the court, while Brook Lopez added another 21 points off the bench.
The Bucks have won three of their last four outings, and should be fairly confident of a positive result here, considering they boast a stellar 18-5 record at home, giving up an impressive 118.3 points scored on the road and 111.2 points allowed per game.
JefeBet Prediction
The Nuggets have been one of the best teams of the season, but have not escaped trouble, which have come precisely on the road, where they have a 12-10 record and their defense has looked very vulnerable. They will have to work hard to stop Antetokounmpo and the rest of his teammates.
To make the matters worse, the Nuggets will be coming here after playing in last night’s game, a condition in which they have a 4-2 record, but an average of 120.0 points allowed per game, so fatigue could also play again
The Bucks’ home dominance has been impressive, covering the spread in 16 of the 23 games they have played to dateTherefore, considering those numbers at home and the fact that they will have fresher legs than their opponents, we expect them to be the ones to prevail in this intense match.
Prediction: Milwaukee Bucks Spread.
