This Milwaukee @ Washington game jumped out at me while I was glancing at the lines for the games tonight.  I can't help but be intrigued in this matchup simpily due to how well the Bucks have been playing lately.

In case you are unaware, Milwaukee has vaulted has themselves from 9th in the East all the way 6th.  Not that difficult considering the teams ranked 5-9 aren't very good to begin with.  In any case, it's been a pretty damn good run.  This team has won 8 of their last 10 games, and even more impressive is the fact they've covered the spread in 8 straight games.  And how about this.  Since January 18th the Milwaukee Bucks are 19-3 ATS.  That's absolutley remarkable if you ask me.  How often do you find that level of consistancy with mediocre team like this?!

Unfortunatley for most gamblers out there, the Milwaukee Bucks aren't a team that gets much attention.  That means not many gamblers have been to cash in despite the fact that they've been hot since the end of January.  Only now are people starting to take notice and that's mostly due to the fact that the Bucks are in the playoff picture.

So what's my point in all this you ask?

As I stated earlier, you have the Bucks playing the Wizards on the second game of a back to back.  It was only Wednesday that these two teams last met up.  Milwaukee went into that game as a monsterous -10 favorite.  The finals result saw them come away with 13 point victory as they smashed the Wizards 100-87 on home court.  Tonight those very same Bucks travel to Washington as -4.5 favorites.  Now when you consider how the last game played out, and when you consider how well Milwaukee has been playing lately... Taking the Bucks in this spot looks like steal.

This is the perfect oppertunity for the books to pull a fast one on bettors if you ask me.  I'm sure many gamblers out there are getting tired of missing those golden oppertunites that are being presented everytime the Bucks play.  They've been inconsistant but finally appear to be rolling in the right direction.  Tonight's game looks like a glorious chance to ride the Bucks to fistfulls of cash.  Enough missing out!  It's time to ride this train to riches!

If only it were that easy.

Washington +4.5 - ML