{"id":12732,"date":"2021-07-14T23:40:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T23:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bb-auae-prd-ext-blog-01.azurewebsites.net\/more\/nba-tips-betting-preview-thursday-15-july-2021-bluebet\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T08:53:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T08:53:20","slug":"nba-tips-betting-preview-thursday-15th-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/nba\/nba-tips-betting-preview-thursday-15th-july\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Tips &#038; Betting Preview | Thursday 15th July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h2><b>Phoenix Suns at Milwaukee Bucks<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Suns will look to bounce back after a rare blowout loss in this year&#8217;s playoffs as they went down to the Bucks 120-100. As a team, they struggled in most areas as you would expect in a 20 point loss. Highlighted by 14 turnovers, 24 fouls and they struggled from 3 point range (29%). Devin Booker went just 4 of 21 as he finished with just 10 points. He&#8217;s been in form shooting wise at home in this series so he&#8217;ll look to get back on track in Game 4. In positive news, Jae Crowder did everything he could in Game 3 as he finished with 18 points and only missed 2 of his 14 shots and he nailed 6 threes. On the defensive side, they can&#8217;t seem to contain Giannis Antetokounmpo, which is understandable. However, the Suns will need to find a way or this series is going 7 games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milwaukee are back in this series after a 20 point victory in Game 3 and will be favoured to even the series on their home court this Thursday. Giannis is simply on fire at the moment and the Suns defence just doesn&#8217;t have an answer. In back to back games, he&#8217;s scored an average of 41.5 points and has collected 12.5 rebounds. With home-court advantage, Giannis and the Bucks will be a tough proposition once again in Game 4. The other positive in the Game 3 win was the return to form for Jrue Holiday. He struggled in Phoenix but finished with 21 points on his home court. He hit 5 threes from 10 attempts as well so he&#8217;ll look to continue the momentum on Thursday. Another bright spot was Bobby Portis as he collected 8 rebounds and 11 points in just 18 minutes of action. With Giannis back in the lineup and playing heavy minutes, Portis won&#8217;t get a lot of action but as he showed in Game 3, he&#8217;s capable of making an impact in short minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home court advantage has been a massive factor in this season&#8217;s playoffs and we don&#8217;t see that changing in Game 4. Overall, the Bucks have only lost once in this year&#8217;s playoffs on their home court in 9 playoff games. So while the Suns do have a good road record recently at 6-2, they have lost 5 of their last 7 games at this venue. So with Giannis simply playing at a high level and on a mission to break the Bucks 40 year championship drought, we&#8217;ll back him to get the job done for the Bucks here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Stadium Record<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milwaukee is 8-1 at home in their last 9 playoff games. The Suns are 2-5 at this venue in their last 7 games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Head to Head Record<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Suns lead the series 2-1 after victories in Game 1 &amp; 2. But the Bucks are coming off a 20 point victory in Game 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Best Bet<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluebet.com.au\/sports\/Basketball\/107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bucks -4 = $1.89<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Same Game Multi<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluebet.com.au\/sports\/Basketball\/107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milwaukee Bucks -2.5 \/ G. Antetokounmpo 30+ Points \/ C. Paul 6+ Assists \/ B. Portis 5+ Points = $3.25<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phoenix Suns at Milwaukee Bucks The Suns will look to bounce back after a rare blowout loss in this year&#8217;s playoffs as they went down to the Bucks 120-100. As a team, they struggled in most areas as you would expect in a 20 point loss. 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