{"id":28504,"date":"2013-04-09T11:01:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T16:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28504"},"modified":"2013-04-09T11:01:43","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T16:01:43","slug":"nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-oklahoma-city-thunder-vs-utah-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-oklahoma-city-thunder-vs-utah-jazz-28504\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Odds and Predictions: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Utah Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma City Thunder at Utah Jazz
\nTuesday, 4\/9\/13, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 RTRM+
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 199
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 199.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Utah Jazz are 2-0 ATS as home underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oklahoma City had its three-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it suffered 125-120 setback to the New York Knicks as 7.5-point home favorites Sunday, while going OVER the posted total of 193.5.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re good,\u201d commented Thunder forward Kevin Durant.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got five more games to go.\u201d\u00a0 The Thunder are 23-15 overall on the road this season, including a 12-11 mark versus Western Conference opponents, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Thunder have compiled a dominating 31-7 record in games played after a loss since the beginning of the 2011-12 NBA season, which is important to consider when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 Oklahoma City currently maintains a league leading point differential of 9.2 points per game this season, while it ranks second in the NBA in scoring 106.0.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is led by Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, who are combining to average 68.7 points per game.<\/p>\n

Utah has won seven of its last eight games, including a 97-90 victory over the Golden State Warriors as 5.5-point road underdogs Sunday, while going UNDER the total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 \u201cFour games left,\u201d commented Jazz center Al Jefferson.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to have them.\u201d\u00a0 The Jazz currently occupy the No. 8 playoff spot out west by a half-game over the Los Angeles Lakers, as they\u2019ve averaged 103.9 points on 50.3 percent shooting over their last eight contests.\u00a0 Utah is 2-0 ATS as home underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points this season.<\/p>\n

The Jazz are 29-10 overall at EnergySolutions Arena this season, including an 18-6 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Jefferson leads a group of five probable starters that all average in double figures offensively, as he\u2019s scoring 17.5 points and grabbing 9.1 rebounds per game.\u00a0 Utah has dropped 10 of its last 14 matchups against Oklahoma City dating back to 2009.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Jazz due to the home team being 5-0 ATS in the last five meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma City Thunder at Utah Jazz Tuesday, 4\/9\/13, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 RTRM+ Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 199 Current Total:\u00a0 199.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Oklahoma City had its three-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it suffered 125-120 setback to the New York […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[676,3652,1193,18,399,838,3693],"class_list":["post-28504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-al-jefferson","tag-energysolutions-arena","tag-kevin-durant","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-utah-jazz","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28504","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=28504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28505,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28504\/revisions\/28505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}