Thunder Against the Spread | OKC Should Manhandle Busted Up Blazers

Tip-Off: 9 PM CT

Location: Moda Center at the Rose Quarter (Portland, Oregon)

Spread: Thunder (-13.5)

Total: 224.5

Trends Against The Spread

Thunder	at	Blazers
38-22-1 (63%)	All	28-32 (46%)
17-13-1 (56%) on the road	Location	11-18 (37%) at home
28-17 (62%) as favorite	Status	27-27 (50%) as underdog or pick
10-10 (50%) as road favorite	Location Status	10-13 (43%) as home underdog
2-1 (66%)	Head To Head	1-2 (33%)

Trends Against The Total

• OKC has hit the over 57% of the time this season.
• Portland has hit the over 46% of the time this season.
• The Thunder are 17-13-1 against the over on the road this season.
• The Blazers are 13-16 against the over at home this season.

Team Stats

TEAM	PTS	PA	FG%	3P%	REB	AST	TOV	STL	BLK	STRK	L10
OKC	120.9	113.3	50.0	39.5	41.6	26.9	12.4	8.3	6.8	L1	7-3
POR	107.6	115.7	44.0	35.0	41.9	22.8	15.0	7.9	4.5	L1	2-8

Injury Report

Thunder

• Ousmane Dieng is OUT (G League – on assignment)
• Adam Flager is OUT (G League — two-way).
• Keyontae Johnson is OUT (G League — two-way).
• Jaylin Williams is OUT (sprained left knee).

Blazers

• DeAndre Ayton is DOUBTFUL (sprained right hand).
• Malcolm Brogdon is OUT (tendinitis in right elbow).
• Toumani Camar is QUESTIONABLE (illness).
• Jerami Grant is QUESTIONABLE (right quad contusion).
• Scoot Henderson is OUT (strained left adductor).
• Shaedon Sharpe is OUT (lower abdominal surgery).
• Matisse Thybulle is QUESTIONABLE (strained left hip).
• Robert Williams III is OUT (ligament tear in right knee).

Series History

The Thunder are 3-0 against the Blazers so far this season (2-0 at home, 1-0 on the road).

Why the Thunder Will Cover (-13.5)

This matchup is what I like to call a palate cleanser. After dropping the second game of a road back to back-to-back against the Lakers on Monday, this is a great bounceback opportunity for OKC. The Blazers are struggling as much as anybody to keep players healthy, and part of that is likely due to the desire to tank, but still, the games must be played by somebody. Portland managed to keep it close against Minnesota the other night, but I doubt that happens tonight. I see this one getting ugly early and staying that way.

Why the Game Will Hit the Over (224.5)

Despite Portland’s lack of true scoring threats at the moment, I’m thinking they can still get close to their scoring average, and because I think this will be a blowout, that means the Thunder will easily be able to put up their scoring average to push this one well over the point total. No matter how the game goes, I don’t see anyway that the Blazers can slow down OKC on offense.

Staff Picks

On the Season

Name	Moneyline	Spread	Over/Under
Matt	32-27	29-29-1	23-36
Zack	42-19	34-26-1	28-33
Craig	36-15	26-24-1	18-33