Oklahoma City Thunder versus Portland Trailblazers Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 3-24-2013
- 11 years ago
The 33-36 Portland Trailblazers will travel to play the 51-19 Oklahoma City Thunder in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday night. Tip off time from Oklahoma City is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The NBA pro basketball betting odds from this game has the home club Oklahoma City Thunder favored by -11 ½ points with an over under line of 205 ½ points. There has been no line movement in this NBA game since the odds were released a few hours ago.
It’s the third meeting of the season between these two clubs with OKC winning each game home and away. The Thunder covered the spread in their home game with the game pushing at Portland.
Portland has a road record of 11-25 straight up. The Trailblazers win their second straight all on the road after a 104-93 road win on Friday to the Atlanta Hawks as a +7 ½ point underdog. The game ended under 201 ½ points. Portland was on a back to back and playing their fourth game in five nights in four different cities in their victory on Friday. The Trailblazers shot 47.1% from the field along with 10 of 18 from the three point line. They give up 44.6% shooting to the Hawks and Portland had seven more rebounds than Atlanta. Wesley Matthews led the Trailblazers with 28 points and four rebounds on 10 of 17 from the field. Portland sits in the 11th seed in the Western conference and trails the eighth seeded LA Lakers by 2 ½ games with 13 games left to be played. Portland is in this position because of their defense. They are 25th in the NBA in defensive field goal percentage by allowing 46.7% shooting to opponents.
The Thunder is 30-5 when playing at home. They break a two game losing streak on Friday in a 97-89 road win to the Orlando Magic as a -14 point betting favorite. The game finished under 207 ½ points. OKC held the Magic to just 34 first half points. They shot 42.5% from the floor and connected on 5 of 21 from the three point line. The Thunder held the Magic to 41.2% shooting and Oklahoma City got to the free throw line 23 more times than Orlando. Kevin Durant had 25 points and 8 rebounds on 7 of 14 from the floor. At home the Thunder put up some outstanding offensive numbers with 109.4 points per game average as well as 49.7% shooting and 41.8% from three point distance. OKC trails San Antonio for the top seed in the Western Conference by 2 ½ games with 12 games remaining.
The NBA pro basketball betting odds from this game has the home club Oklahoma City Thunder favored by -11 ½ points with an over under line of 205 ½ points. There has been no line movement in this NBA game since the odds were released a few hours ago.
It’s the third meeting of the season between these two clubs with OKC winning each game home and away. The Thunder covered the spread in their home game with the game pushing at Portland.
Portland has a road record of 11-25 straight up. The Trailblazers win their second straight all on the road after a 104-93 road win on Friday to the Atlanta Hawks as a +7 ½ point underdog. The game ended under 201 ½ points. Portland was on a back to back and playing their fourth game in five nights in four different cities in their victory on Friday. The Trailblazers shot 47.1% from the field along with 10 of 18 from the three point line. They give up 44.6% shooting to the Hawks and Portland had seven more rebounds than Atlanta. Wesley Matthews led the Trailblazers with 28 points and four rebounds on 10 of 17 from the field. Portland sits in the 11th seed in the Western conference and trails the eighth seeded LA Lakers by 2 ½ games with 13 games left to be played. Portland is in this position because of their defense. They are 25th in the NBA in defensive field goal percentage by allowing 46.7% shooting to opponents.
The Thunder is 30-5 when playing at home. They break a two game losing streak on Friday in a 97-89 road win to the Orlando Magic as a -14 point betting favorite. The game finished under 207 ½ points. OKC held the Magic to just 34 first half points. They shot 42.5% from the floor and connected on 5 of 21 from the three point line. The Thunder held the Magic to 41.2% shooting and Oklahoma City got to the free throw line 23 more times than Orlando. Kevin Durant had 25 points and 8 rebounds on 7 of 14 from the floor. At home the Thunder put up some outstanding offensive numbers with 109.4 points per game average as well as 49.7% shooting and 41.8% from three point distance. OKC trails San Antonio for the top seed in the Western Conference by 2 ½ games with 12 games remaining.