East meets West on Thursday night as Giannis Antetokounmpo and his Milwaukee Bucks hit the road to take on Ja Morant and the rejuvenated Memphis Grizzlies. Neither team is off to a good start to the new season, which team will have the upper hand in tonight’s match-up?
The Memphis Grizzlies and Milwaukee Bucks meet on 31.10.2024, in what is a cross-conference clash in the NBA. The game will be played at the FedEx Forum (Memphis) with the road team Milwaukee Bucks being favored at 1.50 to come out of Memphis with a victory.
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Memphis Grizzlies |
Thu, 31.10.2024, 19:30 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
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3.10 |
14.00 |
1.50 |
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Expert Tip |
Over 226.5 Pts |
Odds 1.91 |
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Memphis Grizzlies vs Milwaukee Bucks: Current situation
For a good portion of the early 2000s, the Grizzlies were known as an underachieving franchise, always finishing near the bottom of the Western Conference. Towards the turn of the decade things have turned around, mainly thanks to the late great Jerry West who transformed the roster into a respectable playoff team. They have a mix of young talent and established players, but injuries have derailed them over the past couple of seasons. They are looking to turn that around this season.
Ever since winning the championship in 2021, the Bucks have failed to find consistency. After a 30-13 start last season they fired their head coach, hired Doc Rivers and they’ve been a .500 team ever since then. Time is running out as superstar player Giannis Antetokounmpo wants to win now and if the team isn’t able to provide him with a contender every single season, he could very well become the next superstar to request a trade.
Memphis Grizzlies Stats & Form
Not having a winning record after 5 games would normally be a letdown for Memphis, but considering what they’ve been through last season, their fans will be satisfied with the current state of the team. Ja Morant is playing at a high level; he already has 3 games in 4 outings of 10+ assists which is encouraging. The main priority for this team is to avoid injuries, if that happens they will be in playoff contention.
Milwaukee Bucks Stats & Form
Through the first 10 days of the new season, Milwaukee Bucks fans cannot be happy with what they are seeing from their favorite team. At 1-3 the team ranks just 12th in the Eastern Conference, which would put them out of the play-in tournament if the regular season ended today. Luckily for them there is still more than enough time to turn things around, one of the things they will need to focus on is their defense as they rank just 22nd in defensive rating.
Memphis Grizzlies vs Milwaukee Bucks: Head to Head
It has been all Memphis in head-to-head meetings in the past several season. Despite all the injuries this team has suffered last year, they were still able to sweep the regular season series vs the Bucks for the 2nd year in a row. In fact, they are on a 5-game win streak vs Milwaukee, dating back to the 2021-22 season. Milwaukee has failed to cover the spread in their last 5 visits to Memphis as well.
Memphis Grizzlies – Milwaukee Bucks Odds
Odds are slightly lower on the Suns in the 2nd meeting of the season, compared to opening night. For a road win you can get 1.58 odds at 22bet, while for a 1st home win of the season for LA odds of 2.80 are available. For the game to once again go into overtime, you can get massive odds of 14.00.
The Point total line has been adjusted by 2 points compared to opening night. The number is set at 224.5 points, you can get odds of 1.91 for either the over or under.
Top 3 Betting Odds
| Memphis Grizzlies – Milwaukee Bucks Betting Tip | Odds |
| Memphis Grizzlies +6 Point Spread | 1.91 |
| Ja Morant to Score 20+ Points | 1.80 |
| Damian Lillard 3+ Made Threes | 1.50 |
Betting tip and prediction: Memphis Grizzlies vs Milwaukee Bucks (31.10.2024)
Memphis just played last night which means this will be their 2nd game in less than 24 hours. In this scenario last season they managed to win just 2 of 14 games, which isn’t good. Milwaukee has had time to think about their 3-game losing streak, they’ve not played since weekend’s loss to Boston and there is optimism that tonight we could see Khris Middleton back in the line-up for the first time this season. Given the injury history of the Memphis Grizzlies, their head coach might opt to rest a few key players here, just to avoid the same scenario that ruined their season last year. This is all in the realm of speculation though and with us not knowing exactly who will suit up, it would be better to focus on the point total bet for this match-up. Both teams have played at a high pace to start the new year – Memphis ranks 4th averaging 104.2 possessions per game, while the Bucks are just 2 spots below them at 102.3 per game. The Over has cashed in 6 of 9 for Milwaukee and in 4 of 5 for Memphis to start the new season. Let’s back the over in this game.
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Expert Tip |
Over 226.5 Pts |
Odds 1.91 |
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