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There were plenty of model predictions to go around yesterday across the NHL, with our model focusing in on one of those predictions in our Featured Matchup. That prediction went 1-0 overall, and you can see how the rest of the model performed below.

Money Line Predictions: 9-4

Over/Under Predictions: 9-4

Puck Line Predictions: 7-6

Featured Matchup: 1-0

Eight NBA games are scheduled to take place today. Our model’s predictions for all eight matchups can be found below.

Milwaukee Bucks @ Boston Celtics

Model Predicts- Celtics ML, OVER 224, Bucks +9

The Milwaukee Bucks will hit the road for just one game on Wednesday night, making the journey to Boston, Massachusetts to take on the Celtics.

Milwaukee enters tonight’s matchup well behind the Celtics in the Eastern Conference standings, but still owns an impressive 44-24 record following consecutive wins over the 76ers and Suns at the end of last week. Meanwhile, Boston is 54-14 for the season and sits in first place in the East by 10 games.

A heavyweight battle is on the horizon tonight at TD Garden, and our model believes the Celtics will emerge victorious in a high-scoring game. Let’s take a look at why that is.

Milwaukee Bucks

• Enter tonight on two-game win streak

  • Wins over 76ers and Suns

  • +20 point differential in that stretch

• Have been one of worst defensive teams this month despite wins

  • Own 119.5 Defensive Rating since March 1st- 28th in NBA

  • Opponents averaging 116.4 points per game while shooting 50.1% overall and 42.4% from three

• Injuries- Giannis Antetokounmpo and MarJon Beauchamp are questionable

Boston Celtics

• Have run over every opponent in last two weeks

  • 6-0 record in last six games. Winning by average margin of 19 points per game in that time

• Dominating on both ends of court this month

  • Own +19.6 Net Rating since March 1st- 1st in NBA by 6.1 points

  • Offense has been the biggest factor- 127.3 Offensive Rating

• Injuries- Jrue Holiday, Jaylen Brown, and Sam Hauser are questionable

What’s the Play?

Betting the over hasn’t been a friendly bet in the second half of the NBA season, but we agree with our model that this matchup is set up to be high-scoring.

Boston should have no problems finding the bottom of basket against this Bucks team. It’s a combination of the best offense in the league running into a bottom-three defense, at least at the moment, that is going to give Boston’s players opportunities to score from just about everywhere, especially from behind the arc, where Milwaukee is weakest.

However, Milwaukee has proven it can maneuver its way through Boston’s stellar defense. In two games against the Celtics this season, the Bucks own a 125.5 Offensive Rating and are shooting over 50% from the floor. That should lead to plenty of points from both sides.

The Play: Over 224 (-110)

Money Line Trends 💰

• Cleveland Cavaliers- 43-25 overall this season, 22-13 as the home team

• Boston Celtics- 54-14 overall this season, 31-3 as the home team

Over/Under Trends ⬆️⬇️

• Oklahoma City Thunder- Over is 36-28-3 this season, 17-15-2 as the home team

• Memphis Grizzlies- Over is 20-14 this season as the away team

Spread Trends ➕➖

• Indiana Pacers- 36-31-3 against the spread (ATS) this season, 17-14-1 ATS as the away team

🤕 Mitchell to miss time following nasal fracture. Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell will be re-evaluated in a week after having a procedure to realign a nasal fracture from a recent game. He missed a game against the Indiana Pacers on Monday due to the injury. Despite Mitchell's absence in some games, the Cavaliers have maintained a solid 10-8 record this season, currently holding the third spot in the Eastern Conference with a 43-25 record.

🚀 Green scores 42 to launch Rockets to sixth straight win. Jalen Green's stellar performance, tying his career high with 42 points, led the Houston Rockets to a dominant 137-114 victory over the Washington Wizards. Houston's strong third-quarter run, including a 25-6 surge, secured their sixth consecutive win and brought them within 2 1/2 games of the final play-in spot in the Western Conference currently held by Golden State. Despite missing several key players, Washington put up a fight, with Corey Kispert scoring 16 points, but ultimately fell short as Green's explosive play and the Rockets' overall performance proved too much to overcome.

Today’s trivia requires you to dig into multiple pockets of your brain, testing your knowledge of recent events as well as those that happened decades ago.

See how many of the below questions you can get correct. Answers are provided at the end of the newsletter.

Question #1- What team did the Anaheim Angels defeat in the 2002 World Series?

Question #2- Edwin Jackson holds the MLB record for the most teams played for. How many teams did Jackson suit up for in his career from 2003-2019?

Question #3- Who was the first quarterback selected in the 2008 NFL Draft, taken with the No.3 overall pick out of Boston College?

Anyone know what has happened on March 20th throughout history? We didn’t have a clue either, but it appears that it has been a busy day.

On March 20th…

1965- The 27th NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship is contested between UCLA and Michigan. UCLA took home the win by a final scored of 91-80, making the Bruins back-to-back national champions. Gail Goodrich ws the star of thee show, scoring 42 points in the victory.

1990- The Los Angeles Lakers retire Kareem Abdul-Jabaar’s #33. Kareem played for the Lakers from 1975-1989, a portion of his career that came after he spent nearly seven years with the Milwaukee Bucks. Kareem is now widely known as one of the greatest NBA players ever, winning five NBA titles with the Lakers and ranking second on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.

2020- NFL quarterback Tom Brady signs a new contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady’s contract would span two-years and be worth $50 million, and came following a 20-year stint with the New England Patriots. Brady would play for the Buccaneers from 2020-22, winning on Super Bowl in that time.

1. San Francisco Giants

2. 14

3. Matt Ryan