T.M. Selection: Milwaukee Bucks.

I like the Milwaukee Bucks to cover the spread against the Portland Trail Blazers in this game on Monday. The Bucks have looked good in their games lately but they just lost their most recent game and I think that they are going to bounce back in a big way in this game. They had won 4 games in a row before losing that game and it was a pretty big loss for them too. They lost to the Suns by 20+ points and were completely dominated for 3 quarters of that game. I think that loss was quite the embarrassment for them and I think they will be motivated to get it back here and play much better in this game. The Bucks have been climbing the standings slowly over the last few weeks and as the season starts to wind down now, I expect them to start going on big runs and get themselves into a good position going into the playoffs. They just played the Blazers last week too and they destroyed them in that game, winning by 29 points and scoring 130+ in the game. The Blazers have been having a terrible year and they just gave up a few of their players at the trade deadline that could have been helping them win more games. I think the Blazers are going to start slipping even more and will not end up making the playoffs in one of those final spots. The Blazers have won 2 games in a row but both of those wins were home games and they were both against teams that have been struggling lately such as the Lakers and the Knicks. The Blazers had lost 6 games in a row before winning those 2 and I think they are going to get back to their ways of getting blown out in games here. The Bucks are going to be looking to take out their anger from their bad loss to the Suns here and I think they will be too much for the Blazers to stop. I like the Bucks to cover the spread in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 134-109 Bucks.