Bucks vs Suns Odds, Spread & Predictions (Mar. 14)

• The Milwaukee Bucks are 1-point road favorites over the Phoenix Suns in their NBA game scheduled for Tuesday, March 14
• The Bucks are 6-1 straight up in the last seven games against the Suns
• See all the Bucks vs Suns odds and predictions

Matchups between the Milwaukee Bucks (49-19, 38-26-4 ATS) and Phoenix Suns (37-31, 36-30-2 ATS) tend to operate much like the real estate market. It’s all about location, location, location.

Overall, the Bucks are holding a 6-1 straight up edge in the past seven games against the Suns. However, when the locale of the game is specifically Phoenix, the pendulum swings 180 degrees in the opposite direction. It’s the Suns who are maintaining a 6-1 SU advantage over Milwaukee.

In this game, oddsmakers are setting the Bucks as 1-point road favorites. Milwaukee is 2-3-1 against the spread in the last six games.

Bucks vs Suns Odds

The Bucks opened up as 1.5-point favorites in the NBA odds. Currently, the total is set at 232 points. Milwaukee recorded a 104-101 home-court decision over Phoenix on Feb. 26.

This game is being broadcast by NBA TV in the USA and NBA League Pass in Canada. Tip-off is scheduled for 10:00pm ET at the Footprint Center.

The Suns and Bucks are the co-second betting choices in the NBA championship odds at +400. Oddsmakers currently have Phoenix as the +190 chalk to win the Western Conference title.

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Bucks vs Suns Betting Trends

The people are in line with the oddsmakers on this game. In the public spread splits, Milwaukee is getting 82% of handle and 77% of bets. The action is also with the Bucks in the public moneyline splits. There, handle is 58% for Milwaukee, while the Bucks are garnering 73% of bets.

The over is drawing 64% of handle and 54% of bets. The total has gone over in five of Milwaukee’s last seven games and in each of the past six meetings between the Bucks and Suns.

Milwaukee vs Phoenix Injury Report

Phoenix continues to be missing small forward Kevin Durant (ankle) from the NBA starting lineups. Point guard Landry Shamet (foot) is out indefinitely.

Though listed as questionable, Bucks power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (right hand soreness) played Monday against the Sacramento Kings, scoring 46 points. Shooting guard Wesley Matthews (calf) suited up but didn’t play. SG Joe Ingles (knee) was out. Veteran PG Goran Dragic still hasn’t made his Bucks debut after missing the last eight games – four with Chicago and four with Milwaukee – due to a knee ailment.

Bucks Aren’t Stopping Here

Recently overtaking the Boston Celtics for both the Eastern Conference’s #1 seed and the NBA’s top record, Milwaukee has been rolling impressively all season long.  The Bucks are the NBA’s #3 team in defensive efficiency at 1.074.

Giannis Antetokounmpo coming back from injury:
-46 points
-12 rebounds
-2/2 3 PT
-34 minutes

MVP pic.twitter.com/be1sszGA68

— 🥤 (@34for2) March 14, 2023

Should they be worried about Antetokounmpo, though? The two-time NBA MVP and a contender in this season’s NBA MVP odds, he’s only been able to finish five of Milwaukee’s last 11 games due to injury. The Bucks’ big three of the Greek Freak, Jrue Holliday and Khris Middleton have played just 166 minutes together this season.

Saturday’s overtime loss at Golden State marked the first time all season that Milwaukee allowed an opponent to score 20 times from 3-point range in a game. The Bucks also squandered an eight-point lead over the final two minutes of regulation.

Suns Setting Without Durant

In Phoenix, the Suns are going as Durant goes. Since acquiring him from the Brooklyn Nets, they’re 7-5 SU. However, Phoenix is 3-0 SU with Durant in the lineup. Saturday’s loss to Sacramento snapped a four-game win streak for the Suns. Coupled with Monday’s setback at Golden State, Phoenix has lost two in a row.

Phoenix is 2-3-1 ATS in the club’s last six home games. However, the Suns are 9-3-1 ATS in their last 13 games facing Eastern Conference opposition. Their Feb. 26 road defeat at Milwaukee finished as a push.

30 for Book. pic.twitter.com/1LN9whObnX

— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) March 14, 2023

Shooting guard Devin Booker has scored at least 24 points in each of his last eight games. He’s averaging 27.8 points per game this season.

Bucks vs Suns Prediction

This game is pitting the #3 (Milwaukee) and #4 NBA teams in defensive efficiency. Phoenix is sitting sixth at 1.090. As well, the Suns (111.3 points per game) and Bucks (112.1 ppg) are 4-6 in the association in scoring defense. Milwaukee is the NBA’s #1 team in effective field goal % defense (51.4%). Phoenix is sixth (53.3%).

The Bucks are 9-1-1 ATS in their last 11 road games. They’re also 14-5-2 ATS as an away favorite. Both teams are playing their third game in four nights. In that scenario this season, Milwaukee is 8-3 SU, while Phoenix is 5-7 SU. The Bucks are 6-2 SU this season against Western Conference teams with winning records.

Pick: Milwaukee Bucks -1 (-110)