NBA Preseason/Wednesday's Picks

The defending champion Milwaukee Bucks continue their tune up for the regular season as they head to Utah tonight to face the Jazz in a preseason matchup. Game time is 9:00 pm ET at Vivint Arena.

The Bucks (1-2) are winless on the road so far this preseason, dropping a pair of contests at Memphis and Brooklyn. They did pick up their first victory of the preseason on Sunday at home as the Bucks easily handled Oklahoma City, 130-110. Starters Giannis Antetokounmpo (8 points) and Khris Middleton (14 points) saw limited floor time. As a team, Milwaukee outshot OKC (54.3 percent to 41.8 percent) and outrebounded the Thunder (55 to 35).

Utah (1-2) also broke through with its first win of the preseason on Monday with an easy 127-96 victory over New Orleans. Donovan Mitchell saw extensive floor time as he finished with 18 points in 30 minutes. Rudy Gobert also looked in regular-season form with 19 points and 19 rebounds in 24 minutes.

Dunkel has the underdog Bucks edging out a win on the road tonight with the final score going over the Vegas total of 222 ½.

Dunkel’s Pick: Milwaukee (+1 ½); Over.

Below are all of Dunkel’s picks for today’s NBA preseason schedule:

OCTOBER 13

Portland at Phoenix
Time: 5:00 pm ET
Dunkel Ratings: Portland 114.834; Phoenix 114.356
Dunkel Line & Total: Portland by ½; 218
Vegas Line & Total: Phoenix by 3 ½; 221
Dunkel Pick: Portland (+3 ½); Under

Dallas at Charlotte
Time: 6:30 pm ET
Dunkel Ratings: Dallas 124.040; Charlotte 113.078
Dunkel Line & Total: Dallas by 11; 210
Vegas Line & Total: Dallas by 5 ½; 216 ½
Dunkel Pick: Dallas (-5 ½); Under

Boston at Orlando
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Dunkel Ratings: Boston 116.488; Orlando 112.726
Dunkel Line & Total: Boston by 4; 213
Vegas Line & Total: Orlando by 3 ½; 210 ½
Dunkel Pick: Boston (+3 ½); Over

Memphis at Indiana
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Dunkel Ratings: Memphis 113.247; Indiana 123.263
Dunkel Line & Total: Indiana by 10; 220
Vegas Line & Total: Indiana by 6 ½; 216
Dunkel Pick: Indiana (-6 ½); Over

Detroit at New York
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Dunkel Ratings: Detroit 118.075; New York 121.271
Dunkel Line & Total: New York by 3; 209
Vegas Line & Total: New York by 7 ½; 218 ½
Dunkel Pick: Detroit (+7 ½); Under

Denver at Oklahoma City
Time: 8:00 pm ET
Dunkel Ratings: Denver 117.018; Oklahoma City 119.312
Dunkel Line & Total: Oklahoma City by 2 ½; 219
Vegas Line & Total: Denver by 6 ½; 222 ½
Dunkel Pick: Oklahoma City (+6 ½); Under

Milwaukee at Utah
Time: 9:00 pm ET
Dunkel Ratings: Milwaukee 123.000; Utah 120.238
Dunkel Line & Total: Milwaukee by 3; 227
Vegas Line & Total: Utah by 1 ½; 222 ½
Dunkel Pick: Milwaukee (+1 ½); Over