Celtics vs. Bucks prediction, odds, line: 2022 NBA playoff picks, Game 1 best bets from model on 86-58 run
Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics will play each other in the 2022 NBA playoffs. Game one is Sunday at 1 p.m. ET at TD Garden. Boston is favored by 4.5 points. Milwaukee won the first-round series against Chicago Bulls by an average of 23.3 points per game. SportsLine's advanced computer model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,00 in profit for $100 players on its top-rated NBA picks over the past three-plus seasons.
SportsLine's model has set its sights on Celtics vs. Bucks and has made its picks and NBA playoff predictions. The model is backing Boston Celtics.
Bucks vs. Celtics money line is Boston -200, Milwaukee +170. Bucks vs Celtics over-under is 218.5 points.
Celtics will focus on slowing down Giannis Antetokounmpo. Robert Williams should help with that effort. Celtics beat the Nets despite having two of the most dominant offensive players of this generation in Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.
Celtics vs. Bucks is a 2022 NBA playoff game. Antetokounmpo is leading the team in points (28.6), rebounds (13.4) and assists (6.2). Jrue Holiday is putting up 16. 4 points, five rebounds and 6.8 assists per game during the 2022 playoffs.
SportsLine's model is leaning over on the total and projects 230 combined points for Celtics vs. Bucks. It also says one side of the spread hits over 50 percent of time.
