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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