Golden State Warriors vs Milwaukee Bucks Prediction, 12/13/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Golden State Warriors vs Milwaukee Bucks

Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Location: Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

The Golden State Warriors are traveling to Fiserv Forum on Tuesday where they will take on the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Warriors took the court against the Celtics and went home with a win by a final score of 123-107 in their last game. Golden State wrapped up the contest with a 51.1% FG percentage (47 of 92) and converted 13 of their 39 shots from downtown. At the free throw line, the Warriors buried 16 of their 20 tries for a rate of 80.0%. Pertaining to hauling in rebounds, they compiled 53 with 11 of them being offensive. They also recorded 26 dimes for this game as well as creating 10 turnovers and having 3 steals. In the matter of the defense, Golden State allowed the other team to go 43.7% from the field on 38 of 87 shooting. Boston dished out 17 assists and had 8 steals in this game. In addition, Boston had 39 rebounds (6 offensive, 33 defensive) and added 6 blocked shots. Boston finished the game shooting 73.1% at the charity stripe by burying 19 of 26 attempts. They also buried 12 out of their 40 tries from 3-point range. When discussing fouls, the Warriors ended up with 20 and the Celtics finished the game with 14 fouls.

Klay Thompson is a guy who was a major contributor in this matchup. Thompson ended up going 53.8% from the floor and also totaled 2 assists. He was on the court for 36 minutes played and also snagged 5 boards. He racked up 34 points on 14 out of 26 shooting.

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Golden State enters this contest with a record of 14-13 so far this year. They are losing possession via turnover 16.7 times per game and as a group are committing 22.5 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Golden State is collecting 43.1 rebounds per contest and has accounted for 798 dimes for the season, which is 1st in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Warriors are shooting 37.6% on shots from beyond the arc (440 of 1,171) and 78.9% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 117.6 pts per game (4th in basketball) while connecting on 48.1% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Warriors have forced 15.1 turnovers every game while drawing 18.4 personal fouls. They relinquish 34.6% on shots from distance and they are 23rd in basketball in PPG allowed (116.1). The Warriors are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 46.2% (1,122 of 2,429) and they relinquish 44.0 rebounds per contest as a basketball team. They rank 16th in basketball in giving up assists to the opposition with 680 surrendered on the season.

The last time they took the hardwood, the Bucks walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 97-92 when they played the Rockets. The Bucks collected 39 defensive boards and 13 offensive boards totaling 52 in the matchup. They gave up possession of the ball 15 times, while recording 5 steals in the matchup. The Rockets were called for 17 personal fouls for the game which got the Bucks to the charity stripe for a total of 18 attempts. They were able to convert 14 of them for a clip of 77.8%. With regard to 3-pointers, Milwaukee buried 12 out of 43 attempts (27.9%). Overall, the Bucks ended up going 33 out of 90 from the field which had them shooting 36.7%. The Bucks allowed the Rockets to knock down 40 of their 91 attempts from the field which left them shooting 44.0% for this contest. They wrapped up this game 22.2% from beyond the arc by going 6 of 27 and ended up shooting 11 out of 12 at the free throw line (91.7%). Regarding team rebounding, Milwaukee allowed Houston to pull down 49 in total (10 on the offensive glass).

Jrue Holiday ended up having an impact for the Bucks for the contest. Holiday totaled 25 points in his 35 minutes on the court and added 8 assists for the matchup. He knocked down 9 out of 20 for the game giving him a field goal percentage of 45.0%, and had 6 rebounds.

Milwaukee has a mark of 19-7 this season. As an offense, the Bucks are shooting 45.6% from the floor, which is ranked 24th in the NBA. Milwaukee has scored 2,913 points on the year (112.0 per game) and they grab 48.5 boards per contest. They are assisting teammates 25.1 times per contest (12th in basketball) and they are turning it over 14.8 times per game. The Bucks are responsible for committing 18.8 personal fouls every game and they connect on 73.6% from the charity stripe.

The Milwaukee defense surrenders 34.2% from downtown (284 of 831) and their opponents are connecting on 77.6% of their shots from the free throw line. They have relinquished 21.3 assists and 43.7 rebounds on a nightly basis, which ranks them 1st and 15th in basketball. The Bucks on defense are ranked 3rd in the NBA in PPG surrendered with 107.5. They are able to force 12.7 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 44.6% from the field (1st in the league).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Golden State

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