{"id":21561,"date":"2012-02-07T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T21:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21561"},"modified":"2012-02-07T12:30:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T17:30:03","slug":"nba-predictions-oklahoma-city-thunder-vs-golden-state-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-oklahoma-city-thunder-vs-golden-state-warriors-21561\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma City Thunder at Golden State Warriors
\nTuesday, 2\/7\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 205.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 206
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Golden State Warriors guard Monta Ellis is tenth in the NBA in scoring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oklahoma City will come into tonight\u2019s game against the Golden State Warriors with some tired legs, capturing a 111-107 overtime win over the Portland Trail Blazers last night as one-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Thunder must be respected in this spot due to their 10-4 road record, which is the best mark among all Western Conference teams.\u00a0 None of this may matter if star forward Kevin Durant decides to go off on the Warriors, averaging 32.1 points per game against them on the road, which is his highest mark in any opposing arena.\u00a0 Oklahoma City is 2-5 ATS when playing on back-to-back days this year, while the \u201cunder\u201d is 4-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Thunder really have no secret in winning away from Oklahoma City, simply taking it as it comes.\u00a0 \u201cWe just take it one day, one game at a time,\u201d commented head coach Scott Brooks.\u00a0 \u201cOur guys love to play on the road.\u201d\u00a0 Point guard Russell Westbrook is also a major player on the offensive end, scoring 28 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in last night\u2019s win, missing a triple-double by just two assists.<\/p>\n

Golden State will enter on two days rest and comes off a disappointing 114-106 overtime loss to the Sacramento Kings as 1.5-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Warriors have gone \u201cover\u201d the total in four of their last five contests, while posting a 2-3 ATS mark in that span.\u00a0 \u201cWe got outworked in overtime and we are going to have to individually and collectively look in the mirror,\u201d stated Warriors first-year head coach Mark Jackson after the recent defeat.\u00a0 Golden State is 0-2 ATS as a home underdog of three points or less this season, with both of those going \u201cunder\u201d the total.<\/p>\n

The Warriors are led offensively by the play of shooting guard Monta Ellis, who ranks 10th in the league in scoring 21.3 points per game.\u00a0 Golden State is 6-7 at home this season and is 3-4 when playing Western Conference teams inside Oracle Arena.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the franchise has won 12 of its past 16 home games in this series.\u00a0 Point guard Stephen Curry has enjoyed playing against the Thunder, averaging 24.5 points on 56.1 percent shooting in his last eight games in the series.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Warriors due to their 4-1 ATS mark in the last five meetings, while the Thunder are 1-4 ATS following a straight-up win.<\/p>\n

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Oklahoma City Thunder at Golden State Warriors Tuesday, 2\/7\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 205.5 Current Total:\u00a0 206 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Oklahoma City will come into tonight\u2019s game against the Golden State Warriors with some tired legs, capturing a 111-107 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[1011,1193,465,399,4492,14,3693],"class_list":["post-21561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-kevin-durant","tag-monta-ellis","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-oracle-arena","tag-stephen-curry","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21563,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21561\/revisions\/21563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}