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Milwaukee at Philadelphia

April 13, 2015
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First-year coach Jason Kidd has set all kinds of goals for this new team, and they've met all of them. The Milwaukee Bucks locked up the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference, but still have a shot to finish the regular season at .500 or better for the first time since the 2009-10 campaign, a feat they can accomplish with a win tonight.  The Bucks have been terrific on defense all year, fourth in the NBA in field goal shooting defense and sixth in points allowed. Milwaukee is 5-2-1 ATS against a team with a losing record and 34-16-2 ATS when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game. Philadelphia has been allowing over 100 a lot, in three straight and four of the last five. That's bad news when your offense is second worst in the league averaging 91.8 points per game. Philadelphia is banged up with only nine players available when they lost to the Bulls on Saturday with Nerlens Noel (right ankle sprain), Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (left shoulder strain), Isaiah Canaan (right foot sprained), and Ish Smith (left groin strain) out. The 76ers are 1-4 ATS following a spread win. The 76ers lost their earlier games against Milwaukee this season by 12, 20, and 16 points, and the Bucks are 5-0 ATS in the last five meetings. Play Milwaukee.

1 unit on Milwaukee -1.5 (-107) (risk 1 to return 1.93)
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