O'Sullivan's Tuesday 12.28 NBA Picks: Bucks at Magic, Thunder at Kings in a moneyline parlay

Seattle O’Sullivan 2021-2022 NBA Season so far: 94-118-2, -$438.54

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Milwaukee Bucks at Orlando Magic, 7 pm Eastern

Oklahoma City Thunder at Sacramento Kings, 10 pm Eastern

The Pick: Moneyline parlay, Milwaukee w/Sacramento -162, bet $16.15 to win $10

Milwaukee has Giannis back, and that’s all I need to know. The Bucks have also won 15 of their last 20, and their last nine against Orlando. The Magic’s injury report is about a mile long. So I’ll pair the Bucks with Sacramento, who are at home against an Oklahoma City team that’s on a little bit of a run (4-1 in their last five), but who face a Kings team that was just called out by their new(ish) head coach Alvin Gentry. Gentry called a recent Sacramento performance “ridiculous,” which might not be a long-lasting solution, but it should motivate the Kings to beat a Thunder team everyone assumes will be tanking any day now. The parlay makes the price acceptable.