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(21-12) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Phoenix Suns (9-26)
Date: Friday December 28
Time: 9:00PM EST
Venue: Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, AZ.
NBA Moneyline Odds: OFF
NBA Betting Odds: Thunder -6.5
NBA Betting Total: 225½
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Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City fought for a halftime lead against the Rockets on Christmas Day but faltered in the second half, when it was outscored, 61–49.
Paul George had 117 points in the three games leading up to the showdown with Houston on a blistering 41-for-76 shooting but he struggled against the Rockets.
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George went just 10-for-25, though he did knock down 44 percent of his threes. He finished with twenty-eight points and fourteen rebounds, so while he wasn’t shabby, the step-down in his shooting was the different in a close game. His rebounding of late should also be recognized. He’s grabbed at least a dozen rebounds in four-straight games.
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Russell Westbrook went just 6-for-20 in the loss and finished a rebound and assist shy of a triple-double. The concern for Oklahoma City has to be the offense.
While the defense is elite, the offense isn’t the most talented and will have off-nights. It’s hard to win in the playoffs when a team has such a high propensity for poor shooting.
The return of Andre Roberson won’t do anything to help that. In fact, all he’ll do is clog the lane more and take minutes away from Hamidou Diallo, who’s been an efficient scorer in 10-15 minute spells off the bench. Roberson will return sometime next month, reportedly.
Phoenix Suns
Can you imagine, the Suns have been a below-average defensive team for a dozen seasons now? That is, if you include this one and you ought to because Phoenix, despite a little spurt lately, will finish there.
The Suns squeezed out a two-point win in overtime in Orlando on Wednesday night behind thirty-five points from Devin Booker. It was Phoenix’s first win since losing back-to-back games following its first four-game winning streak in over 1000 days.
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Trading away Trevor Ariza has ever so slightly loosened up the glut of small forwards on the roster and opened up a little more space for Mikal Bridges, who played big minutes in the win over the Magic.
He’s played more than thirty-two minutes in each of Phoenix’s last six games. He’s not scoring much but he offers a little bit of everything, offensively and defensively. It’s also evidence of just how bad Phoenix is and how great Villanova was last season in college basketball.
The Suns just can’t get many of these draft picks to stick. They draft Dragan Bender, only to be replaced by Josh Jackson, only for him to be replaced by Bridges.
NBA Betting Trends:
- OKC are 7-17-1 ATS in their last 25 Fri. games.
- Under is 17-8 in OKC last 25 road games.
- Under is 8-2 in PHO last 10 vs. Western Conference.
- PHO are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 vs. NBA Northwest.
- Under is 6-2 in PHO last 8 vs. NBA Northwest.
- Head to Head: Over is 21-10 in the last 31 meetings.
Free Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Phoenix Suns NBA Prediction: Russ dominates in a Thunder win.
There is nobody capable of stopping, or even slowing down in the least, Russell Westbrook. He’s struggled with his shot a bit this month but he’s going to have a triple-double early and pour in the points in a blowout win for OKC.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Thunder -6.5
NBA Free Score Prediction: Oklahoma City 119 – Phoenix 104
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