The Milwaukee Bucks are 8-1 straight up and against the spread through their first nine games of the 2019 postseason. The Bucks will try to build on a four-game winning streak when they host the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night.
Milwaukee is a 6-point home favorite on the NBA odds for Game 1 of the Eastern Finals at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. In their last five games against the Raptors, the Bucks are 4-1 SU and ATS.
A highly-questionable tactic on defense by the Blazers allowed Stephen Curry to wreak havoc upon them, scoring 36 points and burying nine 3-pointers to draw first blood in the Western Conference finals.
The Milwaukee Bucks are one of two teams who have reached the Eastern Conference Finals. In five games, the Bucks have achieved this faster than any other team this season; the Golden State Warriors bested the Houston Rockets in six last night, and the series between the Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers, as well as the Toronto Raptors and the Philadelphia 76ers, will conclude tomorrow.
Following their disappointing departure from the Eastern Conference semifinals at the hands of the Toronto Raptors, the Philadelphia 76ers are entering an extremely important offseason, and in an effort to shake things up, the Sixers may try to trade Ben Simmons to the Los Angeles Lakers for future Hall-of-Famer LeBron James, according to a report from Tom Haberstroh of NBC Sports.
The Houston Rockets have never been more defeated than they were walking off their own home court in a 118-113 series-ending loss to the Kevin Durant-less, DeMarcus Cousins-less Golden State Warriors.
A team built specifically to take down one of the league’s most unstoppable dynasties failed again in even more inexplicably disastrous fashion than last year’s 27 consecutive missed three-pointers. This game was supposed to be a gimme.
The Golden State Warriors will be without Kevin Durant for at least Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against the Portland Trail Blazers, according to a report from ESPN's Ramona Shelburne. With their star forward set to be reevaluated on Thursday, the day of Game 2, it's "unlikely" he plays in that game as well.
The Houston Rockets had their chances. Kevin Durant was out. Stephen Curry had 0 points at the break. Chris Paul played his best game of the playoffs. But after going up by 7 early in the fourth quarter, the Rockets collapsed into a succession of missed easy layups and turnovers, while Curry and Klay Thompson showed their championship pedigree by finishing strong, and the Rockets were eliminated in the playoffs by the Golden State Warriors for the fourth time in the last five years in a 118-113 defeat at home in Game 6.
The Raptors only had to win. They didn’t have to win with grace, or aplomb, or anything approaching beauty. They just had to have more points than the Philadelphia 76ers after 48 minutes of Game 7 action; the whole team could then bundle up their collective performance as one more memory. Even if the Raptors decided to all shoot terribly, even if it looked at times like they would never hit another three, even when Philly took the lead — especially then — none of it mattered, if they could hold on until the end.
WARRIORS WIN! The Golden State Warriors STUNNED Houston in Game 6 WITHOUT Kevin Durant, 118-113!
Stephen Curry: 33 PTS (ALL in 2nd half).
Klay Thompson: 27 PTS, 7 3PM.
Warriors ADVANCE to the Western Conference Finals!
