Milwaukee Bucks versus Sacramento Kings January 5th 2012 Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

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The Milwaukee Bucks will travel west to play the Sacramento Kings in an NBA pro basketball game on Thursday night.

Tip time from Sacramento is set for 10PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA package.

The point spread came out with the road team Milwaukee Bucks favored by -2 ½ points with an over under coming in at 189.

Early money has not moved this line as Milwaukee remains a -2 ½ point betting favorite.

The over under had moved down to 187 points.

Milwaukee Bucks money line bettors will lay –145 odds with the home underdog Sacramento Kings bringing back +135 odds to win straight up with no need for taking the points.

These two NBA clubs met twice last regular season with the teams splitting and all winning on the road. Both games played under the total as no team eclipsed 100 point in any of the games.

Milwaukee will head to Sacramento with a record of 2-3 on the season. The team is 0-3 on the road.

The Bucks average 90 points and 41.2% shooting from the field with only 25.3% from three. Milwaukee hits on 74.7% from the free throw line.

On defense Milwaukee gives up 89 points and 41.3% shooting. Their opponents hit on 28.9% from the three point line against them.

The Bucks have dropped two straight games on this road trip.

They are coming off the 85-73 road defeat on Tuesday night to the Utah Jazz as a -1 point favorite.

The total came in at under the total of 186 ½ points.

Milwaukee had a horrid night shooting the basketball hitting on just 30.5% from the field and a dismal 2 of 21 from the three point line.

The team forced 24 Jazz turnovers but with poor shooting the club loses by eight points.

Center Drew Gordon led Milwaukee with 24 points and 12 rebounds on 12 of 20 shooting.

Stephen Jackson had 16 points but on 5 of 17 shooting.

No other Buck scored in double digits.

Milwaukee allowed Utah 48.5% shooting with 3 of 13 from the three point line.

The Sacramento Kings will host Milwaukee with a record of 2-5 on the season. The club is 2-2 at home.

The Kings average 92 points and just 39.2% shooting with 32.1% from the three point line.

Defensively the club allows 102 points and 48.5% shooting. Clubs hits on 23.6% from the three point line against them.

The Kings have lost two straight and five of their past six games.

They are coming off the 110-83 road defeat last night to the Denver Nuggets as a +11 ½ point underdog.

The total landed under the closing line of 209 points.

Sacramento will be playing their third game in three nights and fifth game in six nights.

The Kings hit on just 32.3% from the field and a horrid 2 of 21 from the three point line.

They got crushed on the boards by Denver by a 50-36 margin.

DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 26 points on 9 of 12 shooting.

Marcus Thornton had 23 points on 8 of 20 from the field.

For the rest of the roster last night the shooting was extremely ugly.

They allowed Denver 60.5% shooting from the floor and 3 of 9 from three.

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