I hate how high this total is, but we have seen the lapse of defense from Milwaukee compared to past seasons when Mike Budenholzer was Head Coach, and frankly more Eastern teams are trending in the "Sacrifice Defense for more Offense" approach like these two playing tonight. No injuries to report for this game and with these teams both having played yesterday, it's a sign that this will be another good game. Bucks can't cover a spread to save their lives right now (1-5-1 ats) and the Pacers are 5-3 ats, so the spread favors Indiana who don't have to travel for this game and have scored over 120 in 5 of their 6 home games this year while Milwaukee has only played 2 road games so far and have allowed over 120 to both those opponents (Nets and Raptors oddly). I do like the Pacers in this game but I'll take the over at this high number because EVERY meeting between these two last season ( When Milwaukee was a better defensive unit ) went over their game total.... that's 5 straight overs when these two face off and not only have they been overs, they have all been over tonight's specific total of 242.5 so I'll ride the trend with the Pacers playing better offense this year and with Milwaukee playing worse defense this year.

Official Play: Over 242.5

Side Bet: Giannis over 26.5 points

Hail Mary: Pacers +4