Milwaukee Bucks vs Los Angeles Clippers Prediction, 1/25/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Milwaukee Bucks vs Los Angeles Clippers

Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025

Location: Intuit Dome in Inglewood, CA

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

The Milwaukee Bucks (24-17) are en route to Intuit Dome on Saturday where they will go up against the Los Angeles Clippers (24-19).

The Bucks took the court against the 76ers and earned the victory with a final of 123-109 in their last contest. Milwaukee walked away from the contest with a 49.4% field goal percentage (43 of 87) and buried 14 of their 37 three-point attempts. From the charity stripe, the Bucks made 23 of 30 tries for a rate of 76.7%. With regard to pulling down boards, they collected 48 with 7 of them being offensive. They also recorded 31 assists for the contest while forcing 9 turnovers and earning 2 steals. When discussing defending, Milwaukee let their opponent shoot 45.3% from the floor on 39 out of 86 shooting. Philadelphia recorded 26 assists and had 4 steals in this game. Furthermore, Philadelphia collected 38 rebounds (5 offensive, 33 defensive) and added 3 blocks. Philadelphia finished the game at 68.2% when shooting free throws by burying 15 of 22 attempts. They also buried 16 of their 45 attempts from beyond the perimeter. When it comes to personal fouls, the Bucks finished with 16 and the 76ers totaled 25 personal fouls.

Bobby Portis is a guy who was a major contributor for this game. Portis finished shooting 20.0% from the field and totaled 3 dimes. He was on the hardwood for 19 mins and also collected 8 rebounds. He ended up finishing with 6 points on 2 of 10 shooting.

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Milwaukee enters this contest with a win-loss mark of 24-17 this season. They average 114.0 pts per game (12th in the league) while hitting 48.3% from the field. The Bucks are shooting 38.8% on three-point attempts (583 of 1,503) and 73.3% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Milwaukee is pulling down 44.1 boards per game and is sitting with 1,021 assists for the campaign, which has them ranked 26th in the league in terms of passing the rock. They are giving up possession 14.0 times per contest and as a unit they commit 18.6 personal fouls per contest.

On defense, the Bucks have forced 13.4 turnovers every game while drawing 18.7 personal fouls. They are currently ranked 4th in basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 1,044 conceded on the year. The Bucks defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 45.1% (1,655 of 3,673) and they concede 44.8 rebounds per game as a squad. They give up 35.5% from 3-point land and they are 9th in the league in opponents PPG (111.1).

For their last game, the Clippers went home defeated by a final of 112-99 when they played the Bulls. The Clippers were able to snag 30 defensive boards and 10 offensive rebounds for a total of 40 in the game. They coughed it up 10 times, while recording 4 steals for this contest. The Bulls had 17 fouls for this game which took the Clippers to the free throw line for a total of 17 attempts. They were able to make 16 of those for a percentage of 94.1%. When it comes to shooting from 3-point land, Los Angeles made 9 of their 42 tries (21.4%). When the final whistle blew, the Clippers went 37 for 94 from the floor which had them shooting 39.4%. The Clippers permitted the Bulls to bury 38 out of 94 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 40.4% in the game. They finished shooting 32.6% from distance by connecting on 15 out of 46 and finished the game at 21 of 26 from the free throw line (80.8%). In relation to how they cleaned up the glass, Los Angeles permitted Chicago to pull down 54 in total (17 on the offensive side).

Kris Dunn ended up being a factor for the Clippers for this game. He buried 1 out of 1 for the game for a rate of 100.0%, and earned 1 rebound. Dunn racked up 2 points in his 15 mins on the court and had 1 assist for this contest.

Los Angeles has a mark of 24-19 for the campaign. As an offense, the Clippers are hitting on 46.9% from the floor, which is 12th in basketball. Los Angeles has totaled 4,711 pts so far this year (109.6 per contest) and they average 44.0 rebounds per game. They are dishing out assists 24.3 times per contest (25th in the league) and they turn it over 16.3 times per game. The Clippers are responsible for committing 18.5 personal fouls every game and they hit 78.4% from the free throw line.

The Clippers on defense are ranked 3rd in the league in points allowed per contest with 106.9. They have forced 15.7 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 45.3% from the field (7th in the league). The Los Angeles defense allows 34.1% from downtown (554 of 1,625) and their opposition knocks down 76.1% of their shots from the free throw line. They have relinquished 25.0 assists and 42.4 boards per contest, which is ranked 6th and 4th in the league.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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