Sports Illustrated's Peter Dewey breaks down his favorite bets for the NBA Cup Championship on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
After weeks of NBA Cup Group Play matchups and a thrilling knockout round to date, a winner of the second NBA Cup will be crowned on Tuesday night.Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks find themselves as five-point underdogs on Tuesday night against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder, but the Bucks have played some great basketball after a really slow start.
While OKC has the No. 1 defensive rating in the NBA, it doesn’t have anyone that is a great matchup for Giannis. Sure, Isaiah Hartenstein may be able to help protect the rim, but with Chet Holmgren sidelined, OKC has very little depth in the frontcourt. Lu Dort will likely start on Giannis, but he’s giving up several inches height wise on defense.Oklahoma City Thunder -5 vs. Milwaukee Bucks – 0.
The Thunder have a ton of 3-and-D options that should make things tough on Damian Lillard, and just how far can Giannis carry this Bucks team? I’ll back OKC here, as it has gone 15-9 against the spread as a favorite, winning those games by an average margin of 12.0 points per game. The Bucks, on the other hand, are just .500 against the spread as underdogs.SGA has been scoring the ball at a high rate as of late, but I think there is value in taking him to do the other things against a Bucks defense that has struggled to defend opposing guards all season long.
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