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CoverWire Top Bet of the Day

Toronto Raptors at Milwaukee Bucks (-9/190.5) 08:00 PM ET
Last 10 Games | Recent Meetings | Player/Injury News
Over/Under
MILWAUKEE games over-under-push this season are 96-81-2
TORONTO games over-under-push this season are 88-105-1
Vital Stats
  Line PS/48 OEFF DEFF CtAdv
TOR 190.5 93.4 105.9 104.9 -1.9
MIL -9 94.6 103.2 108.8 1.6

Home/Road Averages
  PPG RPG APG TO/G 1ST 2ND
TOR 96.8 38.9 21.9 12.9 49.3 47.0
MIL 100.1 41.2 23.4 14.0 49.2 50.1

Coverwire Prediction
  PSC Line Diff SW%
TOR 100      
MIL 101 -9 -8 53%

Coverwire very strongly recommends TOR against this line.

Milwaukee Bucks
ATS this season: 88-88-3
ATS @ home this season: 41-44-0
MILWAUKEE Team Stats
Last 10 Games
Date vs. Score Home Line ATS
1/3/2009 @CHAR 92-102 -1/181 CHAR/O
1/2/2009 CHAR 75-103 -6.5/183 MILW/U
12/31/2008 @HOUS 81-85 -8.5/189 MILW/U
12/30/2008 @SANA 100-98 -8/187.5 MILW/O
12/27/2008 DETR 0-0 / P/P
12/23/2008 UTAH 86-94 -2.5/196.5 MILW/U
12/20/2008 LACL 85-119 -6/191.5 MILW/O
12/19/2008 @NEWY 105-81 -5/215.5 MILW/U
12/17/2008 @PHIL 88-93 -3.5/193.5 PHIL/U
12/15/2008 @MIAM 98-83 -3.5/197.5 MILW/U
Toronto Raptors
ATS this season: 96-95-3
ATS On the Road: 49-45-3
TORONTO Team Stats
Last 10 Games
Date vs. Score Home Line ATS
1/4/2009 ORLA 102-108 8/187 TORO/O
1/2/2009 HOUS 73-94 5/191 TORO/U
12/31/2008 DENV 114-107 2.5/201 DENV/O
12/29/2008 @GOLD 111-117 1.5/211 GOLD/O
12/27/2008 @PORT 0-0 -8/190.5 P/U
12/26/2008 @SACR 0-0 3/196.5 P/U
12/22/2008 @LACL 97-75 0/189.5 TORO/U
12/20/2008 @SANA 97-107 -10/185 P/O
12/19/2008 @OKLA 83-91 / OKLA/P
12/17/2008 DALL 96-86 2.5/198 DALL/U

Recent Meetings
Date Matchup Score Home Line ATS
11/1/2008 TORONTO@MILWAUKEE 91-87 -1/189.5 TORONTO/U
4/9/2008 MILWAUKEE@TORONTO 93-111 -14/204 TORONTO/P
1/25/2008 MILWAUKEE@TORONTO 66-93 -10.5/195 TORONTO/U
11/6/2007 TORONTO@MILWAUKEE 85-112 3/191 MILWAUKEE/O
3/12/2007 TORONTO@MILWAUKEE 108-93 -4.5/205.5 TORONTO/U
3/2/2007 MILWAUKEE@TORONTO 94-81 -5/207.5 MILWAUKEE/U
1/10/2007 TORONTO@MILWAUKEE 90-77 2/197 TORONTO/U
11/3/2006 MILWAUKEE@TORONTO 92-109 1/207.5 TORONTO/U
3/26/2006 TORONTO@MILWAUKEE 116-125 -4/204 MILWAUKEE/O
3/17/2006 MILWAUKEE@TORONTO 96-97 -2.5/204.5 MILWAUKEE/U

Latest Player News
Roko Leni Ukic (G) TOR 1/5/2009
With Jose Calderon on the shelf Ukic played over 23 minutes Sunday and put up six points and five assists in the fourth quarter alone, en route to a 12-point, seven-assist performance.
Anthony Parker (G) TOR 1/5/2009
Parker put together his best game of the season Sunday, scoring 26 points on 13-for-16 shooting in a 108-102 win over the Magic.
Chris Bosh (F) TOR 1/5/2009
Bosh scored 23 points with 11 rebounds and three assists in Sunday's 108-102 win over the Magic.
Carlos Delfino (G) TOR 1/5/2009
Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo mentioned Delfino's name Sunday as a possible addition to the roster, the Toronto Sun reports.
Jose Calderon (G) TOR Day-to-Day 1/4/2009
As expected, Calderon (hamstring) did not play Sunday against the Magic, the Associated Press reports.
Jermaine O'Neal (F) TOR Day-to-Day 1/4/2009
As expected, O'Neal (knee) missed Sunday's game agaisnt the Magic, the Associated Press reports.
Jermaine O'Neal (F) TOR Day-to-Day 1/4/2009
O'Neal (knee) isn't expected to play against the Magic on Sunday, the Toronto Sun reports.
Jose Calderon (G) TOR Day-to-Day 1/4/2009
Calderon (hamstring) isn't expected to play against the Magic on Sunday, the Toronto Sun reports.
Will Solomon (G) TOR 1/4/2009
Solomon started in place of the injured Jose Calderon (hamstring) in Sunday's victory over Orlando.
Dan Gadzuric (C) MIL 1/4/2009
Gadzuric filled in for the injured Andrew Bogut (back) Saturday night in Milwaukee's loss to Charlotte.

Current Player Injuries for MIL
Andrew Bogut (C ) MIL Day-to-Day 1/3/2009
Bogut will miss Saturday's game against the Bobcats with back spasms, the Associated Press reports.
Malik Allen (F ) MIL Day-to-Day 12/23/2008
Allen (ribs) is hoping to return on Tuesday against Utah, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Current Player Injuries for TOR
Jose Calderon (G ) TOR Day-to-Day 1/4/2009
As expected, Calderon (hamstring) did not play Sunday against the Magic, the Associated Press reports.
Jermaine O'Neal (F ) TOR Day-to-Day 1/4/2009
As expected, O'Neal (knee) missed Sunday's game agaisnt the Magic, the Associated Press reports.
Nathan Jawai (C ) TOR Day-to-Day 12/17/2008
Jawai (heart) has been cleared to resume workouts, the Associated Press reports.
Jamal Sampson (C ) TOR Day-to-Day 10/12/2008
Sampson missed Sunday's game against Philadelphia because of a sore wrist, the Associated Press reports.

PS/48 - Possessions per 48 minutes. Read "The Importance of Possessions" for more info.
OEFF - Offensive Efficiency, number of points scored per 100 possessions.
DEFF - Defensive Efficiency, number of points allowed per 100 possessions.
CtAdv - Court Advantage, difference between home and road point differential for that team. A positive number indicates an advatage of that many points in this game, a negative number indicates a disadvantage.
PPG - Points per game (home or road)
RPG - Rebounds per game (home or road)
APG - Assists per game (home or road)
TO/G - Turnovers per game (home or road)
1ST - Average first half points (home or road)
2ND - Average second half points (home or road)
PSC - Predicted Score
DIFF - Difference between actual line and predicted line, [(home line) - (predicted visit score - predicted home score)]
SW% - Percent chance that team has to win the game straight up, as determined by the coverwire formula

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