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The two teams expected to meet in the Eastern Conference Finals will do just that starting tonight when the Toronto Raptors traveling to Milwaukee for the opening game of the collection. The total opened at 218 and is now 217.5 using two-thirds of the wagers coming in around the under in a small surprise, since the general public tends to enjoy overs, but not so far in this one.
The most surprising thing in relation to the total is not the number of wagers on the under, but rather is that the lack of motion, as.5 is not that large of a move taking into consideration the amount of wagers, especially to get a playoff game in which greater bettors are involved on a regular basis.
The teams were fairly inconsistent with their regular season games, as the Bucks won the first game 124-109, but then escaped with a 104-99 victory in Toronto from the rematch. The Raptors came off with a 123-116 success in Milwaukee and the Bucks took the season series with a 105-92 win in Toronto in January, so it has been 3.5 months because the teams faced off.
There are two or three different methods of looking at this one, with the most obvious being the 2 games played in Milwaukee were definitely both highest-scoring games the teams have played with, while both in Toronto were more defensive struggles.
The first game saw 198 attempted field goals, which has been easily the greatest of those 3 games, as others watched 181, 163 and 172. There were also 27 and 30 combined free throws attempted in the 2 games which landed beneath the total and 47 and 58 foul shots taken from both games which landed over the number, so yet more, a correlation between free throws and overs comes into play.
With the Bucks stinking it up offensively against the Celtics, have to believe they’ll put a little more focus on crime here, but the key is the way the Raptors strategy the match, as they dropped both low-scoring matches and split the two that saw more points, so could see Toronto attempting to play in a quicker tempo. Toronto added Gasol because the Bucks watched them last, while Milwaukee added Mirotic at the deadline.
A small game to get a handle on, but going to have a shot on the above. Can’t ignore the two games played in Milwaukee and wouldn’t be surprised to see the Raptors try to fit Milwaukee on the scoreboard.
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Two matches on the slate, in which the two favorites to win every conference, Milwaukee and Golden State, are awaiting the winners to get the conference finals started.

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