Milwaukee Bucks vs Los Angeles Lakers Prediction, 3/20/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Milwaukee Bucks vs Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025

Location: Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum Sportsnet

The Milwaukee Bucks (38-30) are hitting the road to Crypto.com Arena on Thursday where they will attempt to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers (42-25).

The Bucks faced the Warriors and took a loss by a score of 104-93 in their last contest. Concerning personal fouls, the Bucks walked away with 15 while the Warriors accounted for 24 personal fouls. They also knocked down 17 out of their 44 attempts from 3-point range. Golden State finished the contest at 88.5% at the charity stripe by making 23 of their 26 shots. Additionally, Golden State collected 52 rebounds (9 offensive, 43 defensive) and earned 4 blocks. Golden State doled out 25 assists and had 7 steals for this game. Regarding the defense, Milwaukee allowed 41.6% from the field on 32 out of 77 shooting. They also doled out 19 assists in the matchup while forcing 19 turnovers and having 9 steals. In reference to grabbing boards, they compiled 34 with 4 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Bucks converted 19 of their 27 tries for a rate of 70.4%. Milwaukee ended having earned a 39.2% FG percentage (31 out of 79) and buried 12 out of their 38 shots from downtown.

Kyle Kuzma is one player who was a major factor in this matchup. Kuzma finished shooting 43.8% from the field and also earned 2 assists. He played 37 mins played and snagged 2 rebounds. He was able to score 22 points on 7 out of 16 shooting.

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Milwaukee comes into this matchup with a record of 38-30 this season. They average 114.5 points per contest (13th in the league) while connecting on 48.0% from the field. The Bucks are shooting 38.3% on three-point attempts (962 of 2,513) and 75.3% from the charity stripe. As a team, Milwaukee is grabbing 44.0 rebounds per game and has accounted for 1,709 dimes this season, which is 24th in basketball in terms of passing the rock. They lose possession via turnover 13.7 times per contest and as a unit they commit 18.2 personal fouls per game.

When they are on defense, the Bucks are able to force 12.9 turnovers per contest and they draw 18.9 personal fouls. They are relinquishing 35.2% on shots from downtown while they are 13th in the league in points per game allowed (112.5). The Bucks are allowing a FG percentage of 45.4% (2,804 of 6,178) and they concede 45.3 rebounds per game as a group. They are ranked 10th in basketball in giving up assists to the opposition with 1,765 relinquished for the season.

When they last played, the Lakers took home the win by a final score of 125-109 against the Spurs. In the matter of how they cleaned up the glass, Los Angeles allowed San Antonio to grab 44 overall (9 on the offensive glass). They finished 39.5% from distance by going 15 out of 38 and finished the contest at 12 out of 14 from the free throw line (85.7%). The Lakers allowed the Spurs to bury 41 of 88 attempts from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 46.6% for this contest. When the final whistle blew, the Lakers finished shooting 44 out of 90 from the floor which had them at 48.9%. When discussing 3-point attempts, Los Angeles converted 19 out of 48 attempts (39.6%). They were able to bury 18 of them for a percentage of 75.0%. The Spurs committed 18 fouls for this game which took the Lakers to the charity stripe for a total of 24 tries. They coughed up the ball 9 times, while getting 13 steals in the matchup. The Lakers corralled 34 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive boards for a total of 42 in the game.

Austin Reaves ended up having an impact for the Lakers in this matchup. Reaves tallied 30 points in his 36 minutes on the court and had 6 dimes for the contest. He buried 12 out of 21 in the game giving him a rate of 57.1%, and totaled 7 rebounds.

Los Angeles has a record of 42-25 on the campaign. In terms of offensive execution, the Lakers are hitting on 47.8% from the floor, which ranks 9th in the NBA. Los Angeles has scored 7,574 pts so far this season (113.0 per game) and they pull in 42.7 rebounds per contest. They are earning an assist 26.3 times per game (15th in the league) and they cough up possession 13.8 times per game. The Lakers are committing 17.0 fouls per game and they go 78.5% from the charity stripe.

The Lakers defensively are ranked 9th in the league in PPG surrendered with 111.4. They are able to force 13.8 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 45.9% from the field (9th in basketball). The Los Angeles defense allows 34.9% from downtown (891 of 2,556) and their opposition makes 78.6% of their free throw attempts. They allow 27.1 dimes and 43.1 total boards per game, which ranks them 21st and 9th in basketball.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Milwaukee

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