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After picking up yet another much-needed win last time out in Damian Lillard's return to the lineup, the Milwaukee Bucks will look to make it four out of five on Wednesday night when they welcome in the Chicago Bulls on national television.
Lillard's return, coupled with the current form of Giannis Antetokounmpo, should put Milwaukee in an excellent position to exploit a weak Bulls frontcourt in this one and we'll take a look at the best way to back both men and target a generous prop on the Bulls' side of things.
Let's build a same-game parlay for Bulls vs Bucks on Wednesday, November 20th and lay out a few props that will work well as standalone straight bets as well.
FanDuel NBA Odds for Bulls vs Bucks SGP: +724
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The Bucks have really struggled on the boards, but you can't put the blame on Antetokounmpo. The superstar has registered a 17% rebounding rate this season -- the fourth-highest of his career -- which is over a full point higher than where he was a season ago.
Antetokounmpo has been a rebounding machine of late, hauling in 13 or more in six of his last eight games, and while he missed this number marginally the last time he faced the Bulls with 11 boards, Chicago will crucially be without big man Patrick Williams on Wednesday.
This should open the door for another big night on the boards for Antetokounmpo, who's seemingly taken it upon himself to turn this team's season around on the glass.
Lillard returned to the Bucks' lineup in a big way on Monday, recording a double-double in nearly 36 minutes after missing three straight games to help Milwaukee to a one-point win over the Houston Rockets.
Without any fear of a minutes restriction, or rust for that matter, I think Wednesday is the night to attack a very reasonable line on his assists.
Antetokounmpo and the Bucks should score at will against a Bulls defense which has ranked 25h in rim defense according to Cleaning the Glass and will now be playing without an interior defender in Williams. If that wasn't enough for you, the Bulls have also allowed shots at the rim at the second-highest clip in the league.
That means Lillard should be able to find plenty of teammates around the rim -- namely Antetokounmpo -- for easy assists as he cruises to a second straight game with eight or more.
We're not done talking about the battle on the boards, as technically the Bulls will have a rare edge on the glass. Many might flock to Nikola Vucevic here, but I'm more interested in buying in on Coby White's rebounding total.
One of those happened to be against this very same Bucks team back in late October, which was no fluke. The Bucks have been the sixth-friendliest team to opposing point guards on the glass, allowing four rebounds to the opposing point guard in four of the last five and four or more to the opposing shooting guard in the last two.
White will probably get some time at the two, but one thing we can say for sur at this point is that he'll get plenty of run no matter where he's playing. White has now averaged 32.5 minutes over the last seven games as the team has looked to solidify its backcourt rotation without the injured Lonzo Ball, and that's more than enough time for the skilled guard to come up with four rebounds.
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