This is a 10* on UNDER

Two teams that won Game 7’s on the road will meet in this year’s Eastern Conference Finals. There’s a little bit of irony in Milwaukee making the Conference Finals in a year they weren’t “supposed to.” The last two years, they had the best record in the league. But all that got them was a loss in the Conference Finals and then a loss in the Conference Semifinals. Atlanta is in its first ECF since 2015 (were swept by Cleveland) and only the second since the 1960s! It’s been almost a half century since either franchise was in a NBA Finals, so there will be new blood coming out of the East either way. We like Game 1 to go Under. That’s the way most of the Bucks games in the last round (vs. Brooklyn) went. Same with Atlanta against Philadelphia. The last four Hawks-Sixers games all stayed Under. We had the Under in both Games 6 and 7. Atlanta playoff games have averaged just 211.2 points/game with the Under being 8-4. Milwaukee playoff games have averaged just 210.2 points/games with the Under being 7-3. So this number looks way too high. In the three home games against Brooklyn, the Bucks allowed 83, 96 and 89 points. Atlanta scored 103 or less in four of its last six games, never topping 111. The most points Milwaukee scored in regulation vs. Brooklyn was 109. Play on UNDER

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