{"id":31834,"date":"2013-12-16T20:43:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T01:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31834"},"modified":"2013-12-16T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T01:43:12","slug":"nba-picks-oklahoma-city-thunder-vs-denver-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-oklahoma-city-thunder-vs-denver-nuggets-31834\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Denver Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Denver Nuggets
\nTuesday, 12\/17\/13, 9:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 207
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 206.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Denver Nuggets are 5-1 SUATS as home underdogs of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oklahoma City has won six games in a row by an average of 15.2 points, including a 101-98 victory over the Orlando Magic as 13-point home favorites Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total of 205.5.\u00a0 The Thunder are a dominating 14-1 this season when out-rebounding an opponent, which is important to consider when making your NBA betting picks Tuesday night.\u00a0 The bench has also been a major contributor, as it\u2019s averaging 33.7 points per game.\u00a0 Oklahoma City is 19-0 SU and 12-7 ATS as a favorite this season, with the OVER going 10-9 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Thunder are 7-4 SU on the road this season, but all four losses have come against Western Conference opponents, which is hard to ignore when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 Oklahoma City continues to be led by star forward Kevin Durant on the offensive end, as he\u2019s averaging 28.5 points per game.\u00a0 Point guard Russell Westbrook continues to be the No. 2 option on that end of the floor, as he\u2019s contributing 21.0 points a contest.<\/p>\n

Denver has won three of its last four games, including a 102-93 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans as 7.5-point home favorites Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total for the sixth time in seven contests.\u00a0 The Nuggets have four probable starters averaging in double figures, with point guard Ty Lawson leading the way at 18.0 points and 7.8 assists per game.\u00a0 The franchise has won nine of its last 11 games at the Pepsi Center in this series.\u00a0 Denver is 5-1 SUATS as a home underdog of three or fewer points since the 2011-12 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets are also capable of scoring with their bench on the floor, as the unit ranks third in the NBA in averaging 44.7 points and first in grabbing 20.3 rebounds per game.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s bench has outscored its counterpart in 20 of 23 contests.\u00a0 Guard Nate Robinson is a major player out of that group, as he\u2019s scored 10 or more points in 12 of his last 15 games, including two 20-point performances over that span.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Nuggets due to the underdog being 4-0 ATS in the last four 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 vs. Denver Nuggets Tuesday, 12\/17\/13, 9:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 207 Current Total:\u00a0 206.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Oklahoma City has won six games in a row by an average of 15.2 points, including a 101-98 victory over the Orlando […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[526,1193,18,399,216,3693],"class_list":["post-31834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-kevin-durant","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-ty-lawson","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31834","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=31834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31835,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31834\/revisions\/31835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}