May 23 NBA Picks — Game 5 Toronto Raptors vs. Milwaukee Bucks

These are the condensed versions of picks for Thursday’s Eastern Conference Game 5 final between the Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors for Winners and Whiners.

A link to the full preview is below, and confidence ratings are in parentheses. Note: The 5/5 does not represent the best overall pick(s) of the day’s games when there are multiple games, simply the best pick(s) of each individual game.

Milwaukee Bucks at Toronto Raptors:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Bucks -7 (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 217 points (-105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Raptors UNDER 105 points (-105) — 5/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction 2/Full Game: Antetokounmpo OVER 27.5 points (-114) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction 3/Full Game: Middleton OVER 17.5 points (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction 4/Full Game: Mirotic UNDER 5.5 rebounds (-130) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction 5/Full Game: Siakam UNDER 17.5 points (-110) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction 6/Full Game: Gasol OVER 9.5 points (-122) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction 7/Full Game: Lowry OVER 26.5 points+rebounds+assists (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Raptors +4.5 (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 106 points (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Raptors OVER 25.5 points (-115) — 4/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 5-6-1 (.458)
Previous Day’s Record: 5-7-0 (.417)
May Record: 24-23-1 (.510)

April Record: 6-6-0 (.500)
March Record: 0-0-0 (.000)
February Record: 0-0-0 (.000)
January Record: 11-7-0 (.611)
December Record: 4-0-0 (1.000)
November Record: 4-2-0 (.667)
October Record: 14-30-0 (.286)

Season Record: 58-62-0 (.483)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)        (0-0 (.000) in May/NBA Playoffs)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)        (0-0 (.000) in May/NBA Playoffs)
3-Star Pick Record: 3-3 (.500)        (14-9 (.609) in May/NBA Playoffs)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-2 (.500)        (5-11 (.313) in May/NBA Playoffs)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-1-1 (.250)     (4-3-1 (.563) in May/NBA Playoffs)

(Giannis Antetokounmpo/Kawhi Leonard photo courtesy John E. Sokolowski/USA TODAY Sports)