Atlanta Hawks vs Milwaukee Bucks Prediction, 3/9/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Hawks vs Milwaukee Bucks

Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Location: Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI

TV: ESPN

The Atlanta Hawks (31-33) are headed to Fiserv Forum on Wednesday where they will take on the Milwaukee Bucks (40-25).

The Hawks played the Pistons and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 113-110 in their last contest. Atlanta ended the contest having earned a 45.2% FG percentage (42 of 93) and buried 11 of their 38 3-point attempts. At the charity stripe, the Hawks buried 15 of their 22 shots for a percentage of 68.2%. In regard to hauling in boards, they compiled 48 with 13 of them being offensive. They also doled out 28 assists for the matchup as well as forcing the other team into 2 turnovers and earning 3 steals. In regard to defending, Atlanta allowed the other team to go 46.2% from the field on 43 of 93 shooting. Detroit distributed 47 assists and had 27 steals in this contest. On top of that, Detroit pulled down 32 rebounds (15 offensive, 17 defensive) and added 6 blocked shots. Detroit finished the contest at 65.2% at the charity stripe by making 15 of their 23 attempts. They also buried 12 of 33 shots from beyond the arc. When talking about personal fouls, the Hawks ended up walking away with 25 and the Pistons accumulated 12 personal fouls.

Bogdan Bogdanovic is a player who was a major contributor for this contest. He finished with 22 points on 8 out of 19 shooting. He was on the court for 39 minutes played and totaled 5 rebounds. Bogdanovic shot 42.1% from the field and dished out 6 assists.

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Atlanta enters this contest with a win-loss record of 31-33 for the season. They cough up possession 12.1 times per game and as a team are committing 18.5 fouls per contest. As a unit, Atlanta is snagging 44.1 rebounds per contest and has tallied 1,548 dimes for the season, which is 17th in the league in terms of passing the ball. The Hawks are shooting 37.4% on three-point attempts (804 of 2,150) and 80.3% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 112.5 points per outing (8th in the league) while shooting 46.8% from the field.

Defensively, the Hawks have forced 12.4 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 20.4 personal fouls. They concede 36.3% on 3-pointers and they are 19th in the league in opponents PPG (111.8). The Hawks are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 46.8% (2,669 of 5,697) and they concede 43.5 boards per contest as a group. They are ranked 24th in the NBA in allowing assists to the opposition with 1,655 surrendered so far this year.

For their last game, the Bucks took home the win by a final score of 132-122 when they played the Suns. With respect to cleaning the glass, Milwaukee allowed Phoenix to grab 21 overall (6 on the offensive glass). They wrapped up this game 45.2% from distance by going 14 of 31 and finished the contest at 8 of 11 from the free throw line (72.7%). The Bucks permitted the Suns to make 50 of 93 attempts from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 53.8% in this game. When the game finished, the Bucks finished shooting 47 for 87 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 54.0%. Regarding shooting from downtown, Milwaukee made 15 of 32 tries (46.9%). They were able to make 23 of them for a clip of 79.3%. The Suns were called for 11 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Bucks to the charity stripe for a total of 29 attempts. They gave up possession of the ball 14 times, while recording 9 steals in this matchup. The Bucks recorded 34 defensive rebounds and 14 offensive boards for a total of 48 in the game.

Khris Middleton pitched in for the Bucks for the game. He made 16 out of 27 in the game giving him a rate of 59.3%, and had 8 rebounds. Middleton racked up 44 points in his 36 minutes on the court and totaled 5 dimes for this game.

Milwaukee has a win-loss record of 40-25 for the campaign. As an offense, the Bucks are connecting on 46.2% from the field, which has them ranked 14th in the league. Milwaukee has accounted for 7,413 pts for the campaign (114.0 per contest) and they pull in 46.8 rebounds per game. They are assisting teammates 23.4 times per game (21st in basketball) and they are losing possession via turnover 13.6 times per contest. The Bucks are responsible for committing 18.3 fouls every game while shooting 77.4% from the charity stripe.

The Milwaukee defense concedes 34.8% on 3-point shots (917 of 2,632) and their opponents are knocking down 74.1% of their free throw attempts. They surrender 25.3 dimes and 44.5 boards on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 22nd and 15th in basketball. The Bucks on the defensive end are ranked 16th in the league in points per game surrendered with 110.4. They are forcing 13.2 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 45.0% from the floor (8th in the league).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Milwaukee and under the total points

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