There are reasons why the Over has won in seven of the Celtics' last eight games. Boston's scoring is up and its defense is trending down.

Kyrie Irving is getting more comfortable with his new teammates and players like Al Horford, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are benifitting from it. Boston has scored 108 or more points in seven of its last eight games. The Bucks are an average at best defensive club. They give up the highest 3-point shooting percentage in the league.

The Celtics, though, have yielded at least 103 points in four of their past six games.

The Bucks' offense has picked up since they acquired Eric Bledsoe. Milwaukee is averaging 108 points per game in regulation during its past five games. Bledsoe is averaging 22.6 points on 52 percent shooting from the floor during the last five games. The Over has cashed in four of those games.

Giannis Antetokonumpo and Irving are two of the best scorers in the NBA ranking second and 14th, respectively. The Bucks have better backcourt scoring because of Bledsoe and Kris Middleton is a potent offensive player at the wing.

Matthew Dellavedova is out for the Bucks, which helps the Over since he's one of Milwaukee's best defensive players.