{"id":25855,"date":"2012-11-04T10:17:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T15:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25855"},"modified":"2012-11-04T10:17:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-04T15:17:34","slug":"nba-predictions-2012-atlanta-hawks-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-2012-atlanta-hawks-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder-25855\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions 2012: Atlanta Hawks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Hawks at Oklahoma City Thunder
\nSunday, 11\/4\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSOK
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -7.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 202
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 202
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Atlanta Hawks have had very little success in Oklahoma City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atlanta opened up its 2012-13 NBA season with a 109-102 setback to the Houston Rockets as five-point home favorites, while going OVER the posted total of 203.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re still trying to establish an identity,\u201d commented Hawks coach Larry Drew.\u00a0 \u201cThat may take a little time to do.\u201d\u00a0 The Hawks are expecting big things out of Josh Smith this year with Joe Johnson now in Brooklyn, especially since he finished last year averaging career highs with 18.8 points and 9.6 rebounds.\u00a0 Atlanta is 7-1 ATS on the road in its last eight opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Hawks will be making just one trip to Oklahoma City this year, as it looks to snap a two-game road losing streak in this series, while they\u2019ve gone 1-6 ATS in their last seven games in that situation overall.\u00a0 Atlanta is 13-31 all-time in road openers, but has managed to win two straight and three out of four.\u00a0 Lou Williams is expected to help provide a lift offensively, as he averaged a career-high 14.9 points with the Philadelphia 76ers last year in finishing second in the league\u2019s Sixth Man of the Year voting.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City evened up its record after two games with an impressive 106-92 win over the Portland Trail Blazers as 8.5-point home favorites, while going UNDER the total for the second time to start the season.\u00a0 The Thunder were glad to see newcomer Kevin Martin score 19 points last time out, as he looks to take over the scoring load that left with James Harden getting traded to the Houston Rockets.\u00a0 \u201cYou have to have punch coming off the bench,\u201d Martin stated.\u00a0 Oklahoma City is 16-5 ATS in the last 21 meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

The Thunder are going to score points this year with Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook in the fold, as they finished second in the NBA in putting up 103.1 points per game.\u00a0 Oklahoma City finished behind only Miami and San Antonio in last year\u2019s race for the league\u2019s best home record.\u00a0 One of the league\u2019s most talented duos combined to score 51.6 points per game last season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Hawks due to their 4-1 ATS mark versus Northwest division foes, while the Thunder are 0-4 ATS versus Southeast opponents.<\/p>\n

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Atlanta Hawks at Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday, 11\/4\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSOK Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -7.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 202 Current Total:\u00a0 202 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Atlanta opened up its 2012-13 NBA season with a 109-102 setback to the Houston Rockets as five-point home favorites, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[834,3276,1193,6299,18,399,3298],"class_list":["post-25855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-josh-smith","tag-kevin-durant","tag-lou-williams","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-russell-westbrook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25855","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=25855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25856,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25855\/revisions\/25856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}