Trae Young had a monster Game 1 scoring 48 points and putting the Hawks team on his back to grab the 1-0 series lead, but can he take two games in a row against the top tier offense of the Bucks? Stay tuned to this Friday Night Sports Betting Report and find out.
Game 2 of this Eastern Conference Finals between the Atlanta Hawks vs Milwaukee Bucks have the Bucks listed as -7.5 point favorites and the total currently at 226 points. Coming into Game 1, Milwaukee was a huge -480 favorite to win the series outright, but after the loss, it’s dropped them down to a -210 favorite. If you like the Bucks in this game, then I would sprinkle a little extra action on this series price. The NBA public is loving Atlanta in this matchup as a -7.5 point road underdog and currently have 80% of their money behind them.
The Hawks come into this game 2 full of momentum after getting the come from behind thrilling victory on Wednesday Night. Trae Young was locked in and just couldn’t be stopped. Everyone who followed our prop bet cashed in with the over 2.5 3-pointers made. He had 13 3-point attempts in that game, which was just one shy of his most this NBA Playoffs. Trae will get his 30 plus points in this matchup, but the rest of the team will need to step it up or he’ll be gassed out by the time game 6 rolls around.
Bogdan only played 27 minutes, but it was the worst game he played this playoffs. He went 1 of 6 from the field and 0-2 on 3-pointers, so expect him to have a bounce back game and our prop bet will be on him, so text “FSN” to 99888 for free access to this NBA Prop Bet of the Day.
On the other side of the floor, the Bucks and Jrue Holiday will need to make the necessary adjustments to at least slow down Trae Young a little bit. Giannis will get his 30 plus points, but Khris Middleton needs to step it up after shooting just 26% from the field and 0-9 from 3-point land last game. If they want any chance of covering that -7.5 point spread, Middleton will need to drop over 23 points.
Atlanta is 5-1 against the spread in their last 6 games on the road and the total has gone under in 4 of the Hawks last 5 games.
Milwaukee is 1-4 against the spread in their last 5 games following a straight up loss and the total has gone under in 4 of the Bucks last 6 games against Atlanta.
In this Hawks vs Bucks Game 2, we’re taking the Bucks team total to go over the 116.5 and laying that -110 price. Then click here for free access to our parlay of the day going in the Pirates vs Cardinals game. You’ll receive both side and total picks. These parlays have been red hot, so don’t miss out on your change to get the information behind our two strongest picks on the board tonight.
