Brooklyn Nets versus Milwaukee Bucks Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 12-9-2012

The 9-9 Milwaukee Bucks will travel to face the 11-7 Brooklyn Nets in a NBA pro basketball game on Sunday night. Tip off time from Brooklyn is scheduled for 6PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel. The current odds from this pro basketball game have the home side Brooklyn Nets favored by -5 points with a total of 192 points. There has been no line movement since the odds were released a few hours ago. During the lockout season last year the teams met three times with Milwaukee winning and covering all three games. Trend: Milwaukee Bucks are 10-0 Straight Up and ATS in their past ten meetings with the Brooklyn NetsThe Bucks are 4-5 straight up on the road this season but have lost their three past games on the highway. They come off the 108-93 home win on Friday night against the Charlotte Bobcats as a -7 point favorite. Milwaukee is a middle of the pack team averaging 96 points a game and allows 98 points. They struggle from three as the team connects on just 31.8% from beyond the arc ranking 28th in the NBA. The Nets are 7-3 straight up on their new home court this season. They have dropped two straight all at home as they enter play. Two Western conference teams have beaten Brooklyn in their past two games as OKC earns the 117-111 win and on Friday the Warriors defeat the Nets 109-102. Brooklyn really misses Brook Lopez who has been sidelined the past two games with a sprained foot. Lopez is listed as doubtful on Sunday and the Nets defense has suffered mightily on the defensive end of the court due to his absence.