"Suns -8.5 (+4.2EV): Giannis OUT = -25% Bucks efficiency vs Booker's 25.8PPG home edge"
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Heavy injuries both sides
Phoenix home court + Suns altitude/home bias
No rest/travel flags detected
Suns win probability exceeds fair ML implied by 11.8%; +6.8 EV at estimated -350 fair odds
Giannis OUT guts Milwaukee's offense (-25% efficiency hit per historical superstar absences); Suns counter with Booker (25.8PPG) likely playing at home while Bucks' backcourt is Day-to-Day chaos. Model sees 64% Suns win prob vs fair 52% ML, projecting +12pt spread edge. Under bias from dual injuries dropping pace to 98 combined.
Reduced sizing. Edge exists but sample or signal strength is moderate.