Milwaukee Bucks vs Minnesota Timberwolves 11/04/19 Betting NBA Odds and Preview

The Milwaukee Bucks head to the Target Center on Monday, November 4, 2019, for a showdown with the Minnesota Timberwolves as the NBA’s 2019-20 season continues.

Bucks Get Revenge

The Bucks were the best regular-season team in the NBA last season but they lost to the Toronto Raptors in the 2019 Eastern Conference Finals. On Saturday, Giannis Antetokounmpo made sure that the Bucks got their revenge as they defeated the Raptors 115-105 to improve to 4-2 SU on the season.

Antetokounmpo continues to improve and impress. The reigning MVP is averaging 26.7 points, 13.8 rebounds, and 7.7 assists this season. He is coming off a 36-point effort against Toronto last Saturday. With Eric Bledsoe, Brook Lopez and Khris Middleton providing the scoring support, the Bucks are the NBA betting favorites to win the Eastern Conference this season.

Milwaukee ranks 2nd in the NBA in scoring at 119.2 points per game. The Bucks are the second-best rebounding team in the league with an average of 50.7 boards per contest. They also rank 4th in passing at 26.2 assists per game while they are allowing their opponents to score an average of 111.0 points per game this season.

KAT Suspended

Karl Anthony Towns is having his best start ever in the NBA. KAT is averaging 27.2 points, 11.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game this season. But Minnesota’s young franchise player won’t be playing against the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday because he is serving the second of a two-game suspension for fighting with Joel Embiid.

Towns scored a season-low 13 points against the Sixers last October 31 after his night was shortened by the Embiid scuffle. The Wolves also suffered their first loss of the season to the Sixers. Without KAT, the Wolves beat the Wizards 117-95 on Saturday behind 21 points from Andrew Wiggins.

The Wolves rank 5th in the league in scoring at 118.0 points per game this season. Minnesota is 14th off the glass with an average of 46.2 rebounds per contest and they rank 10th in assists with 24.4 dimes per contest. The Timberwolves are allowing their opponents to score 112.0 points per game this season.

Who Wins?

Milwaukee is 4-2 SU in their last six games played and are 2-1 SU in three road games played this season. The Bucks are 5-1 SU in their last six games played against the Western Conference and 4-1 SU in their last five November games. Minnesota is 4-1 SU in their last five games played and is 1-0 SU in their lone home game so far this season. The Wolves are 4-1 SU in their last five games against the Eastern Conference but are only 1-4 SU in their last five games against the Central Division. Head to head, the Bucks are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games played against the Wolves.

The Bucks are out for redemption this season after falling to the Raptors in last season’s Eastern Conference Finals. Milwaukee is the #1 team in the Central Division with their 4-2 SU record but they have lost games to two playoff contenders in the East in Boston and Miami. However, the Bucks head to this game fresh off a revenge win over the Raptors.

Minnesota is off to a promising 4-1 SU start as well. The Wolves have seen their young duo of Karl Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins play inspired ball this season under Ryan Saunders. However, Minnesota will be without KAT in this game as he serves the second of his two-game suspension for fighting with Joel Embiid. Minnesota’s only loss this year has come against the Sixers but outside the Heat, the teams they have beaten are the Nets, Hornets, and Wizards who are a combined 6-11 this season.

Minnesota will have problems containing Antetokounmpo. Giannis averaged 28.0 points and 11.2 rebounds against the Wolves last season. Without KAT in the middle, it’s going to be a much easier night for the Greek Freak. Give me another big game for Giannis here as the Bucks pick up the road win in Minnesota. I’m picking the Milwaukee Bucks to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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The Bucks are 4-2 ATS in their last six games played and 8-4 ATS in their last 12 road games played. The Timberwolves are 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 games played and 5-0 ATS in their last five games played in November. Minnesota is also 7-2 ATS in their last nine Monday games. Head to head, the Bucks are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games played against the Wolves but Minnesota is 2-1 ATS in the last three meetings.

The Bucks have outscored the Wolves by 7.5 points per game in their last 10 games played and 7.67 points per game in their last three encounters. The Wolves will be playing without Karl Anthony Towns in this game and while they have guys who can pick up the slack offensively, it’s not going to be enough to stop the Bucks from pouring on the points. Milwaukee’s last three wins have come by at least 10 points, this one should be no different.

Prediction: Bucks -6.5

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The under is 3-2-1 in Milwaukee’s last six games played. The total has gone under in two of the Bucks’ three road games played this season but over in four out of their last six games against the Northwest Division. The total has gone over in three out of the five games played by the Wolves this season. Minnesota has seen the total go over in four out of their last five home games. Head to head, the total has gone under in four out of the last five games between these two teams. The under is also 8-1 in their last nine games played in Minnesota.

These teams have combined to score 206.3 points per game in their last 10 games played and 228.33 points per game in their last three meetings. Milwaukee has seen the total go under 230 points in their last three games played while the Wolves have gone over the 230 point total in two out of their last four games played. These teams rank in the Top 5 in the NBA in scoring and the Wolves scored 131 points without KAT against the Wizards so I don’t think scoring will be a problem here.

Prediction: Over 230.5

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