Bucks vs Pacers 26.Mar
Indiana won the game last night against the Wizards, to end their 6-game losing streak. Although any win at the moment is good for the Pacers it is difficult to call their performance good. The Wizards did all they could to lose this game and their second best player Bradley Beal also got injured after playing only 10 minutes. The game get being close until the end and the Pacers won in closing seconds thanks to the huge performance from George Hill. Now the problem for the Pacers is that they have to play back-to-back and it will be their 5th game in last 7 days. That is something that is just killer at this stage of the regular season.
The Bucks will come to play while being emotionally in a good place at the moment. They pulled out a miracle win against the Heat 2 nights ago to end their own 6-game losing streak. Of course the Bucks schedule opponent wise has been considerably more difficult as they have played against solid Western Conference teams (MEM, NOP, SAS) plus CLE during that losing streak. Their performance in these games has been ok, as they have managed to keep the scores respectable and have had few chance to win. All in all the Bucks have played better over the last couple of weeks than the Pacers.
Indiana is likely to miss Rodney Stuckey once again. With short roster and difficult spot in the schedule it hard too see why the Bucks are only slight favorites here. We think that home court advantage and more physical and mental energy will make it sure that the Bucks will win this game by a safe margin. Take the Bucks -2.5 points @1.934 from Pinnacle with 3/5 units.
GL