Oklahoma City Thunder vs Milwaukee Bucks Prediction, 3/24/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Milwaukee Bucks

Date: Sunday, March 24, 2024

Location: Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

The Oklahoma City Thunder (48-20) are traveling to Fiserv Forum on Sunday where they will take on the Milwaukee Bucks (45-25).

The Thunder stepped onto the hardwood against the Jazz and walked away with a win by a score of 119-107 in their last contest. When discussing personal fouls, the Thunder walked away with 16 while the Jazz finished the game with 22 personal fouls. They also made 10 out of their 36 shots from distance. Utah finished the game at 94.4% at the free throw line by knocking down 17 of their 18 shots. Additionally, Utah snagged 47 rebounds (11 offensive, 36 defensive) and had 7 blocked shots. Utah doled out 20 dimes and had 6 steals in this contest. Regarding the defense, Oklahoma City let their opponent shoot 44.4% from the floor on 40 of 90 shooting. They also recorded 29 assists in the game while creating 15 turnovers and getting 10 steals. When talking about grabbing rebounds, they earned 45 with 10 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Thunder buried 23 of their 29 attempts for a rate of 79.3%. Oklahoma City ended the contest having earned a 48.9% FG percentage (43 of 88) and made 10 of their 34 shots from beyond the arc.

Chet Holmgren is a guy who was a contributor in the matchup. Holmgren went 66.7% from the floor and totaled 1 assist. He was on the court for 31 minutes played and also collected 14 boards. He scored 35 points on 12 of 18 shooting.

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Oklahoma City heads into this matchup with a win-loss record of 48-20 on the year. They are turning it over 12.4 times per contest and as a squad they commit 19.2 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Oklahoma City is pulling down 41.8 boards per game and has totaled 1,831 dimes on the campaign, which ranks 16th in the league in terms of passing. The Thunder are shooting 39.2% on three-point shots (912 of 2,325) and 83.1% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 120.7 points per contest (3rd in the league) while shooting 50.0% from the field.

On the defensive end of the court, the Thunder are able to force 15.7 turnovers per game and they draw 19.0 fouls. They are ranked 13th in the league in giving up assists to their opponents with 1,827 relinquished for the year. The Thunder defensively are giving up a FG percentage of 45.4% (2,757 of 6,070) and they concede 44.8 rebounds per contest as a team. They give up 36.4% on 3-pointers and they are ranked 13th in basketball in points per game allowed (113.0).

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Bucks walked away with a victory by a final of 115-108 when they played the Nets. When it comes to how they cleaned up the glass, Milwaukee permitted Brooklyn to pull down 49 in all (15 on the offensive side). They finished 29.5% from three-point range by going 13 of 44 and ended up shooting 13 of 16 at the free throw line (81.3%). The Bucks permitted the Nets to make 41 of 92 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 44.6% in this contest. When all was said and done, the Bucks ended up shooting 43 for 91 from the floor which had them shooting 47.3%. In reference to shooting from beyond the arc, Milwaukee converted 16 out of their 41 tries (39.0%). They were able to knock down 13 of those for a rate of 86.7%. The Nets committed 12 personal fouls for this contest which got the Bucks to the charity stripe for 15 tries. They turned it over 10 times, while getting 5 steals for this contest. The Bucks recorded 29 defensive boards and 11 offensive rebounds totaling 40 in the matchup.

Damian Lillard pitched in for the Bucks for the contest. Lillard earned 30 points in his 37 minutes on the hardwood and tallied 12 dimes in the matchup. He made 11 out of 22 in this contest for a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and earned 3 rebounds.

Milwaukee has a win-loss record of 45-25 for the year. The Bucks are committing 19.4 personal fouls every game and they go 77.6% from the free throw line. They are earning an assist 26.5 times per game (15th in the league) and they are turning it over 12.6 times per contest. Milwaukee has totaled 8,442 points on the season (120.6 per game) and they pull in 43.8 boards per contest. As an offense, the Bucks are shooting 49.1% from the floor, which ranks 7th in basketball.

The Bucks defensively are ranked 22nd in the league in points given up per game with 117.2. They are able to force 12.0 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 47.3% from the floor (16th in basketball). The Milwaukee defense allows 36.1% on 3-pointers (890 of 2,462) and their opponents are making 80.3% of their shots from the charity stripe. They surrender 26.7 assists and 43.9 rebounds per game, which ranks them 15th and 18th in basketball.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Milwaukee

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