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2022 NBA Handicapping
(21-53) OKC Thunder vs. Portland Trail Blazers (27-47)
Date: Monday, March 28th, 2022
Time: 10:00 PM EST
Venue: Moda Center at the Rose Quarter
NBA Moneyline Odds: Thunder -145 Trail Blazers +125 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds Thunder -2.5 / Trail Blazers +2.5
NBA Betting Total: 221.5
The OKC Thunder will be taking on the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday, March 28th.
The tip-off is set for 10:00 ET from Moda Center at the Rose Quarter
The Thunder started off as a 3.5 point favorite and that number is now down to 2.5. The total has gone from 223 to 221.5.
OKC Thunder
The Thunder have not played very well this season and it does not surprise me. I think pretty much everyone knew it was going to be a very tough season for this group.
This is a team that has dropped three of their past four ball games. It seems like more times than not, they are always losing more games than they are winning during a stretch of time.
For me, this team absolutely has to get some supporting people around their best player, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. He is a great singular talent, but until they can get some true, established players around him, there is going to be a lot of losing in this city.
Sometimes, an issue with a team is very complicated, but for these guys, they just simply do not have enough talent to compete with the top dogs in the league. In a league that is driven by talent, it is a pretty tall order to win at a high level when you simply do not have the manpower.
Oklahoma City lost to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday by a score of 113-107. They were able to keep it close with a team that is a lot better than they are, but still, the result was not all that shocking.
One consistent theme throughout the course of the season is that this team has not been great on defense and that was once again the case in their last outing. Nikola Jokic went for 35 points, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists. When you allow someone to put up those kinds of numbers, it is kind of hard to get victories.
Portland Trail Blazers
Wow, it has been a very bad season for the Trail Blazers. It has been flat-out ugly for them.
This crew currently has a record of 27-47. I do not care who you talk to, I do not feel anyone had them being 20 games under .500.
I know that they are now without CJ and Damian Lillard has been hurt, but they had issues long before any of that happened. Something clearly has been wrong with them the whole year and I am not so confident it is going to be fixed anytime soon.
Portland lost to the Houston Rockets on Saturday by a score of 115-98. It cannot get much worse than that, right?
Even when you do not have a fully loaded team, one thing you can still bring to the table is effort and that was not the case for them in their last outing at all.
NBA Betting Trends:
- The Thunder are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games.
- The Thunder are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games against Portland.
- The Trail Blazers are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games.
- The Trail Blazers are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games at home.
OKC Thunder vs. Portland Trail Blazers NBA Analysis:
A lot of times, when you look around the league, games look very good on paper, but this is not one of them.
It is hard for almost anyone to get truly excited about this one, as it features two of the worst teams in the West.
You know you are not a very good team when the Thunder are laying points in your home gym.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Thunder ATS
Oklahoma City is certainly not great when it comes to wins and losses, but they have been much better in terms of covering spreads.
It may seem like an ugly play, but I like the Thunder to cover as the favorite here against a depleted and checked-out Blazers team.
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