The Tuesday NBA schedule features a pair of 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament quarterfinal matchups. In the earlier game, the Milwaukee Bucks host the New York Knicks at Fiserv Forum with a trip to Las Vegas on the line. The Bucks are 14-6 overall this season, including 4-1 in the last five games and 9-1 at home. The Knicks are 12-7 overall and entering this matchup on a three-game winning streak.
Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m. ET in Milwaukee. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists Milwaukee as the 4.5-point favorite, while the over/under, or total number of points Vegas thinks will be scored, is 226.5 in the latest Knicks vs. Bucks odds. Before making any Bucks vs. Knicks picks, you need to see the NBA predictions and betting advice from SportsLine’s advanced computer simulation model.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in profit for $100 players on its top-rated NBA picks over the past five-plus seasons. The model enters Week 7 of the 2023-24 NBA season on a sizzling 92-50 roll on all top-rated NBA picks dating back to last season, returning nearly $4,000. Anyone following it has seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Knicks vs. Bucks and just locked in its picks and NBA predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model’s picks. Now, here are several NBA odds and betting lines for Knicks vs. Bucks:
Knicks vs. Bucks spread: Bucks -4.5Knicks vs. Bucks over/under: 226.5 pointsKnicks vs. Bucks money line: Bucks -198, Knicks +165NYK: The Knicks are 6-3-1 against the spread in the last 10 road gamesMIL: The Bucks are 3-6-1 against the spread in the last 10 home gamesKnicks vs. Bucks picks: See picks at SportsLine
Why the Knicks can cover
New York has the superior defense in this matchup. The Knicks are in the top three of the NBA in defensive efficiency this season, yielding 1.09 points per possession. New York is the best defensive rebounding team in the league, grabbing 74.4% of available rebounds and allowing only 11.3 second-chance points per…
..
