This is an 8* SITUATIONAL TOTAL on the OVER Bucks/Hornets.

These teams have been involved in several lower-scoring games of late, but the overall situation that each finds itself in coming into this one, combined with the numbers/trends all point to this being a much higher-scoring affair than what the oddsmaker's are trying to lead us to believe in my opinion.

Milwaukee has now won back-to-back games after a 127-120 OT win at Detroit. Previous to that though the Bucks had seen the total go UNDER in four straight.

The last game they played against Charlotte last season, they won 111-99 and I'm predicting a similar final combined score here as well.

Charlotte is off a 114-89 loss at Orlando and it's now seen the total go UNDER in five straight. Note though that dating to last year the Hornets have seen the total eclipse the posted number in four of their last five after playing to five or more straight UNDERS in a row.

With each team pushing the pace like I suspect, everything points to this total flying OVER the number sooner, rather than later.

Good luck, NP