T.M. Selection: Boston Celtics.

I like the Boston Celtics to cover the spread against the Milwaukee Bucks in this game on Monday. The Celtics are down 2-1 in the series here and they didn't look great in the 1st game but I think they have bounced back nicely in their previous 2 games and I think they can get the win here to even up the series. They came back in the 2nd game and destroyed the Bucks on their home court after an embarrassing performance in the 1st game and they even looked really good in the 3rd game which they lost in Milwaukee but only by 2 points. The Bucks have also been banged up with some players missing from their starting rotation and Giannis really had to carry them in the previous game with 40+ points. Jaylen Brown looked really good in that game too but Tatum didn't get too involved and they still almost won that game. I think both Tatum and Brown are going to have a much bigger impact in this game and I expect them to take advantage of a weakened Bucks rotation here and steal a road win back since they will need to in order to win the series now. I see the rest of these games in the series being really close like the previous game and I think this will be a game that falls in favor of the Celtics with all of the injuries to the Bucks at the moment. I think they are going to feel the loss of Middleton in this game and it will slowly eat away at the Bucks with Giannis needing to do more and more in each game. I think this is a good opportunity for the Celtics to steal a road game back here and even up the series. I like the Celtics to cover the spread in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 104-101 Celtics.