NBA is continuing with an 8-game day. One of the first games tonight is going to be between Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks. Atlanta has 19 wins, 21 losses and 9th place in the Eastern Conference while the Bucks have 26 wins, 14 losses and 3rd place in the same conference. In this game, I'm predicting that the Bucks will cover the handicap.

Atlanta is back from a West coast trip where they won 2 games and lost 2. Overall, their performance recently hasn't been the best as they have just 2 wins in the last 7 games. At home, the Hawks have just 1 win in the last 4 games. If we look at the advanced stats for the last 4 games, the team has the 22nd-best offense (110.4), 15th-best defense (113.4) and 21st-best net rating (-3.0).

Milwaukee has played well recently. They lost 4 games in a row at the end of December but since then, Milwaukee has won 4 out of 6 games. The Bucks lost 2 games at home. The 1st one was against the Wizards when Milwaukee rested Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jrue Holiday. The 2nd loss was against the Hornets which played phenomenally on offense and scored 138 points. This year, the team has played only twice on the road. They blew 21 points lead in the last few minutes against Toronto but won in overtime and came back in the last game against the Knicks, at the end winning by 4 points. In the last 4 games, the Bucks have the 27th-best offense (108.5), 9th-best defense (110.6) and 19th-best net rating (-2.1).

Big news came this afternoon when the Hawks announced that Trae Young won't play tonight of illness. In 4 games that Young missed, Atlanta won and lost twice. One victory was against the Bucks. Overall, Atlanta has beaten twice the Bucks and 1 victory was without Young. Yes, the Hawks know they are capable to beat Milwaukee even without their leader but I'm more than sure the Bucks will take this game very seriously as they have lost both games by at least 15 points. In the last 5 seasons, the Hawks have won the season matchup only once.

In games against Eastern Conference teams, the Hawks have covered the spread in just 42% of the games while Milwaukee has done it in 48% of the games. Atlanta has rested 2 days before this game while Milwaukee 1. When the Hawks have a rest advantage, they have covered the spread in just 30% of the games. With a rest disadvantage, the Bucks have covered the spread in 67% of the games. The Hawks won the last game but after wins, they have covered the spread in just 28% of the games which is the 3rd-worst result in the league.

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NBA继续实行8场比赛日。今晚的第一场比赛将在亚特兰大老鹰队和密尔沃基雄鹿队之间进行。老鹰队19胜21负，排名东部第9，而雄鹿队26胜14负，排名东部第3。在这场比赛中，我预测雄鹿队将克服障碍。

亚特兰大老鹰刚刚从西海岸回来，他们在那里赢了2场，输了2场。总的来说，他们最近的表现并不是最好的，因为他们在过去的7场比赛中只赢了2场。在主场，老鹰在过去4场比赛中只赢了1场。如果我们看看最近4场比赛的高级数据，这支球队的进攻(110.4分)排名第22，防守(113.4分)排名第15，净效率(-3.0分)排名第21。

密尔沃基最近打得不错。他们在12月底连输4场，但从那以后，雄鹿队在6场比赛中赢了4场。雄鹿在主场输了两场比赛。第一次是对奇才，当时雄鹿让字母哥和霍勒迪休息。第二场失利是对阵黄蜂队，黄蜂队在进攻端打出了惊人的表现，得到了138分。今年，这支球队只在客场打过两次球。在对阵多伦多的最后几分钟里，他们失去了21分的领先优势，但在加时赛中获胜，并在最后一场对阵尼克斯的比赛中反超，最终以4分的优势获胜。在过去的4场比赛中，雄鹿拥有第27位的最佳进攻(108.5)，第9位的最佳防守(110.6)和第19位的最佳净效率(-2.1)。

今天下午老鹰队宣布特雷·杨因病不能参加今晚的比赛，这是一个大新闻。在杨缺席的4场比赛中，亚特兰大老鹰队赢了两场，输了两场。其中一场胜利是对雄鹿队。总的来说，亚特兰大已经两次击败雄鹿，其中一次胜利是在杨缺席的情况下取得的。是的，老鹰知道即使没有他们的领袖，他们也有能力击败雄鹿，但我更确定雄鹿会非常认真地对待这场比赛，因为他们两场比赛都输了至少15分。在过去的5个赛季中，老鹰队只赢过一次赛季比赛。

在对阵东部球队的比赛中，老鹰队只有42%的比赛中做到了这一点，而雄鹿队有48%的比赛做到了这一点。亚特兰大在比赛前休息了2天，而密尔沃基在比赛前休息了1天。当老鹰队拥有休息优势时，他们只有30%的比赛覆盖了差距。在休息劣势的情况下，雄鹿队在67%的比赛中占据了优势。老鹰赢了上一场比赛，但在赢了比赛之后，他们只有28%的比赛覆盖了差距，这是联盟第三差的结果。