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2019-2020 NBA Regular Season
(18-24) Portland Trail Blazers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (23-18)
Date: Saturday, January 18th, 2020
Time: 9:00 PM EST
Venue: Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
NBA Moneyline Odds: OFF
NBA Betting Odds: Thunder -4
NBA Betting Total: 216.5
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Saturday night NBA action will see a match-up between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
This marks the third meeting between these two teams this season. Portland leads the season series two games to one. They have one win in Oklahoma City this season.
Portland Trail Blazers
The Trail Blazers will play the second night of a back to back when they travel to Oklahoma City on Saturday night. Friday sees them play in Dallas, so fatigue could be an issue here. With 0 days of rest this season, the Trail Blazers are 2-4 straight up.
Portland is scoring a decent amount this season, averaging 111.7 points per game. As it stands, they are the 11th ranked scoring offense in the NBA. However, they have been struggling at shooting the ball, averaging just 44.9%. From the three-point line, they shoot 35.8% and rank 12th in the league.
On the second night of a back to back, Portland is averaging 112.5 points per game. That is at least a good sign that their scoring does not drop off with no rest.
The Trail Blazers do majority of their scoring with Damien Lillard and CJ McCollum. Lillard is the leading scorer, averaging 26.8 and McCollum is the second best scorer, averaging 21.9.
Carmelo Anthony has been an excellent role player, averaging 16.3 points per game. Furthermore, Hassan Whiteside has been locking down the paint for Portland, averaging 15.6 points per game and 14 rebounds per game.
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Defensively is where Portland tends to have their biggest struggles. They allow an average of 113.6 points per game, which ranks them as the 21st best scoring defense in the league. On the second night of a back to back, their defense allows an average of 113.8 points per game, so not really any different.
Teams do only shoot 44.4% from the field against them, so they have a top 10 defense in this regard.
Oklahoma City Thunder
The Thunder will also being playing the second night of a back to back after hosting Miami on Friday night.
Oklahoma City are slightly below average when it comes to offense, as they average just 109.8 points per game. They shoot 46.7% from the field, which ranks 9th, but their three-point shooting is only 34.3%. Their offense has not really dropped off much as they average 109.5 points per game in the second night of back to backs.
Oklahoma City have about four guys who do most of their scoring. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the team, averaging 20 points. Danilo Gallinari and Dennis Schroder both average 18+, and Chris Paul averages 16.5 points. Steven Adams remains questionable. He may sit out of Friday’s game, so he can play on Saturday, but nothing has been confirmed yet.
Their defense allows 107.9 points per game. This is the 12th ranked scoring defense in the NBA. However, in the second night of a back to back, the Thunder have allowed 107.3 points per game.
NBA Betting Trends:
- POR are 1-7-3 ATS in their last 11 Sat. games.
- POR are 3-9-1 ATS in their last 13 games overall.
- OKC are 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games overall.
- OKC are 6-0 with 0 days of rest this season.
Free Portland Trail Blazers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Prediction:
I like the Thunder here, as they tend to play very well with no rest.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Oklahoma City Thunder -4
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