76ers vs Bucks Picks and Odds

• The Milwaukee Bucks are 7.5-point home favorites over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday at the Fiserv Forum
• The Bucks beat the 76ers 124-117 on Thursday behind Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 27 points
• A look at the 76ers-Bucks matchup with the odds and a prediction can be found below

The Milwaukee Bucks will try to sweep a two-game series and gain ground in the Eastern Conference standings when they host the Philadelphia 76ers at 3 p.m. ET Saturday at the Fiserv Forum.

The teams met Thursday night and the Bucks prevailed 124-117 as six-point favorites. Milwaukee snapped its two-game losing streak and extended the 76ers’ skid to three games.

The Bucks also ended their five-game losing streak at home. The 76ers were losers against the spread for a fifth straight game.

Philadelphia (39-20) is in second place in the East, 0.5 games behind the Brooklyn Nets (40-20). The Bucks (36-22) are third, three games off the Nets’ pace.

76ers vs Bucks Odds

Odds as of April 24th

About Thursday Night

On Thursday night, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 27 points and Khris Middleton had 24 to lead Milwaukee. Bobby Portis added a season-high 23 points for the Bucks.

Joel Embiid scored 24 points for the 76ers.

The Bucks broke out to a 10-0 lead and extended it to 33-13 later in the first quarter. Milwaukee made its first 10 shots from the field, including five three-pointers.

The Bucks were comfortably ahead until the 76ers closed the gap to six points with seven seconds remaining. That forced Milwaukee coach Mike Budenholzer to put his starters back into the game to close out the win.

Both teams shot well as the Bucks were 55.6% (45 of 81) overall, including 50.0% (20 for 40) from beyond the arc. The 76ers made 50.5% (46 of 91) of their field goal attempts, including 44.4% (12 of 27) from three-point range.

Another Double-Double for Giannis

Antetokounmpo also had 16 rebounds and six assists. He notched his 34^th double-double of the season and fourth in his last six games while helping the Bucks hold a 45-33 rebounding advantage.

The Best of The Greek Freak vs. Philly:

27 PTS | 16 REB | 6 AST | 2 STL | 1 BLK pic.twitter.com/Fl2uIXFg5R

— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) April 23, 2021

Middleton added five assists while Portis had a season-high point total. Portis made 9 of 11 field goal attempts, including all five from distance, and added five rebounds and three blocked shots.

Brook Lopez chipped in with 16 points. Jrue Holiday has his fourth double-double of the season as he finished with 12 points and 11 assists.

Shake It Up

Shake Milton added 20 points in a reserve role for the 76ers after totaling 19 points in the previous three games. Philadelphia’s bench scored 58 points.

The 76ers wouldn’t mind one of these from Milton on Saturday.

SHAKE MILTON CALLED GAME pic.twitter.com/xgqqx3LiAA

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) August 4, 2020

Tobias Harris added 18 points and six rebounds. He returned to the lineup after missing three games with a bone bruise in his right knee.

Seth Curry also was back in action after missing the previous game with left hip flexor soreness. Curry made all three of his three-point tries and finished with 11 points.

Ben Simmons missed his third straight game because of an undisclosed illness and has also been ruled out for Saturday. George Hill started in Simmons’ place at point guard Thursday but did not record an assist in 21:08.

We tried to tweet this but Twitter crashed so

Ben Simmons for DPOY. pic.twitter.com/aCMhjntuqb

— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) April 17, 2021

Furkan Korkmaz could get the nod at the point if healthy. He is listed as questionable, though, after sitting out Thursday with a sprained ankle.

Can Sixers Gain Split?

The Bucks have won the last four games in this series. They have already beaten the 76ers twice in 2020-21, clinching the season series and giving Milwaukee a tiebreaker over Philadelphia for potential playoff seeding.

Philadelphia closed strong Thursday night and is getting healthier. While the 76ers will again miss Simmons matching up against Holiday, look for them to at least keep things close in the rematch.

The Pick: 76ers +7.5 (-110)

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