{"id":28207,"date":"2013-03-19T10:37:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T15:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28207"},"modified":"2013-03-19T10:37:21","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T15:37:21","slug":"nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-denver-nuggets-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-denver-nuggets-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder-28207\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Odds and Predictions: Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Nuggets at Oklahoma City Thunder
\nTuesday, 3\/19\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 216
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 215.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Oklahoma City Thunder have dominated Western Conference opponents at home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denver has won 12 games in a row, including a 119-118 overtime victory over the Chicago Bulls as 3.5-point road favorites Monday night, while going OVER the posted total of 195.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m proud of the way we stayed strong,\u201d commented Nuggets coach George Karl.\u00a0 The Nuggets are 16-19 overall on the road, including a 5-8 mark versus Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 Denver is 17-0 SU and 16-1 ATS when playing with a total of 210 or higher, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets have dropped four of their last five road games against the Thunder, as they\u2019ve allowed 112.0 points per game in those contests.\u00a0 Denver has four probable starters averaging in double figures, with point guard Ty Lawson leading the way.\u00a0 Reserve guard Wilson Chandler provided a major lift last time out, as he finished with 35 points against the Bulls.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City has won three consecutive games by scoring 100-plus points, including a 107-101 victory over the Dallas Mavericks as five-point road favorites Sunday, while the UNDER is 3-1-1 in its last five games.\u00a0 The Thunder are led on the offensive end by Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, as the duo has enjoyed tremendous success against the Nuggets recently.\u00a0 Westbrook is averaging 33.2 points in his last six meetings in the series, while Durant is providing 31.4 in his last 23 games in this rivalry.\u00a0 Oklahoma City is 24-10 ATS at home this season, with the OVER going 19-14-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Thunder have won their last seven games overall at Chesapeake Energy Arena, outscoring foes by an incredible 22.3 points per game.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks second in the league behind only the Houston Rockets in scoring, while sitting atop the NBA in point differential.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Thunder due to their 10-1 ATS mark at home versus a team with a losing road record, while the Nuggets are 1-3-1 ATS on the road versus a team with a winning home record.<\/p>\n

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Denver Nuggets at Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday, 3\/19\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 216 Current Total:\u00a0 215.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Denver has won 12 games in a row, including a 119-118 overtime victory over the Chicago Bulls as 3.5-point road […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[6622,526,1193,18,399,3298,216],"class_list":["post-28207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chesapeake-energy-arena","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-kevin-durant","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-russell-westbrook","tag-ty-lawson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28207","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=28207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28208,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28207\/revisions\/28208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}