Lakers vs. Bucks | NBA Analysis, Odds, and Best Bet (3/13)
Written by: Varun Sharma
Last Update: Thu Mar 13, 2025, 6:48 pm ET
Read Time: 6 minutes
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Happy Friday Junior. We've got a small slate of games to jump into tonight, but let's start it off with the game of the night.
Bucks/Lakers live from Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Lakers vs. Bucks| Information
Matchup Information
- Location: Fiserv Forum; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Date: Thursday, March 13th, 2025
- Tipoff: 7:30 PM EST
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Milwaukee Bucks | Previous Matchups
- Bucks (122) @ Lakers (123) – March 8th 3rd, 2024
- Lakers (128) @ Bucks (124) – March 26th, 2024
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Lakers vs. Bucks | Analysis
What's a King to the Lakers?
Lebron James has missed just 5-games this season, just two in this calendar year. Los Angeles has won 3 of the 5 games, but their most recent being a loss to the Brooklyn Nets. Replacing Lebron James has got to be up their for toughest jobs in the world but if anyone's up to the task, it's Luka Dončić.
The Lakers looked bad in their game against the Nets, discombobulated and just not on the same page. Dončić and Austin Reaves combined for 40 shot attempts in the loss, shooting just 27.5% from the field and 26% from the perimeter.
The Lakers were not happy with their performance, maybe no one more so than Austin Reaves. He made it clear during the post-game interviews, he needs to be better when Lebron's out of the lineup. Tonight in Milwaukee, he'll have a chance to do just that.
"Contest Without Fouling"
Milwaukee's coming into this one off of an ugly loss. The Bucks were up 3-points with 5-seconds left in the game, the most the Pacers could do is tie it up, right?
Wrong, Haliburton takes a corner-3, Giannis fouls the shooter; Haliburton splashes the 3 and completes the 4-point play for the win. Seems like Darvin Ham needed to get the whiteboard out one more time, give these guys a reminder; "Contest without fouling".
Milwaukee's now lost 3-games in a row and now sit just one game ahead of the Pacers for 4th place and just a game and a half a head of the Pistons.
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Austin Reaves o34.5 PRA (-110) via BetOnline
This line feels extremely high, but with Lebron still on the sidelines and Luka now popping up on the injury report; it's tough to ignore Austin Reaves.
Reaves has played in 4 of the 5 games Lebron's missed this season, averaging 26.5 PPG, 6.8 RPG and 9.8 APG. He's averaging 18 shot attempts per game in these games, 8.5 free throw attempts and he's shooting 46% from beyond the arc.
By his own admission, he needs to be better when Lebron's out. He's shown that he can be and tonight in Milwaukee, I think he shows us just that. The Bucks rank 30th in points allowed to opposing PGs and 30th in rebounds allowed to the position.
Since the arrival of Damian Lillard, Reaves is averaging 21.1 PPG against the Bucks; in addition to 7.7 RPG and 6.3 APG. He recorded a 29/14/10 game the last time these two teams met, shooting 50% from the field and just under 40% from deep.
Look for Reaves to bounce back tonight in Milwaukee, after a terrible performance in Brooklyn.
Austin Reaves o34.5 PRA (-110)
Giannis Antetokounmpo o29.5 Points (-110) via BetOnline
This one's a little more chalk, but we've have to talk about the Greek Freak. After an embarrassing loss to the Pacers, a loss in which Giannis fouled Haliburton on the game-winning shot; Giannis has to respond.
Tonight he faces off with a Lakers team that won both matchups last season, but a team that this year is missing a true big man. The Lakers interior is all but non-existent right now, with Lebron James/Jaxson Hayes and Rui Hachimura on the bench; it'll be Jared Vanderbilt tasked with stopping the Bucks big man.
Giannis scored 14 points in the 1H against Indiana but finished the game with just 19 points. Not due to terrible efficiency, but the volume was never there. Giannis shot 9/14 and saw just 3 free throw attempts, despite playing 34 minutes in the loss.
Milwaukee's now lost 3-straight games and look desperate to stop the bleeding. If they want to win, they know the ball has to run through Giannis. Look for him to torch this beat up Lakers squad.
Giannis Antetokounmpo o29.5 Points (-110)
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To Recap, Bets for the Lakers vs. Bucks | March 13th, 2025:
We're rolling with 2 plays; Austin Reaves o34.5 PRA (-110) & Giannis Antetokounmpo o29.5 Points (-110); both via BetOnline.
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