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The Bucks are already the second-best NBA team against the spread this season at 10-5-1 (67.8 percent) overall, and they're even better as home favorites with a 6-1-1 split thus far. As for the visiting Trail Blazers, Portland is a glaring 2-3 ATS as road underdogs.
You have to like the Bucks' chances at home in Milwaukee behind a healthy G
Game 2: Detroit Pistons (+9.5, -110) @ Houston Rockets (-9.5, -110)
The Pistons boast the second-best record against the spread as away underdogs in the NBA this season at 3-1. On the other hand, the Rockets are under .500 as home favorites at 3-4, even after winning their last two on their own floor.
Houston has been playing remarkably better after getting its star guard James Harden back from injury, but the Pistons have won three straight on the road by a combined margin of 21 points. Not to mention Detroit's last two losses on the road prior to this streak came by just one and three points. Look for the Pistons to sneak up on tonight's nearly double-digit spread.
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