{"id":31936,"date":"2013-12-21T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31936"},"modified":"2013-12-21T11:00:55","modified_gmt":"2013-12-21T16:00:55","slug":"nba-picks-oklahoma-city-thunder-vs-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-oklahoma-city-thunder-vs-san-antonio-spurs-31936\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma City Thunder vs. San Antonio Spurs
\nSaturday, 12\/21\/13, 8:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 205
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 205
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The San Antonio Spurs are expected to be at full strength Saturday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oklahoma City has won its last eight games by an average margin of 14.4 points, which includes a 107-95 victory over the Chicago Bulls as 13.5-point home favorites Thursday, while going OVER the betting total of 191.\u00a0 The Thunder are 8-4 SU on the road this season, with all four losses coming against Western Conference opponents, which is important to consider when making your NBA betting picks.\u00a0 Through 25 games, the team\u2019s bench is averaging 33.8 points per game.\u00a0 Oklahoma City is 12-3 SU and 10-5 ATS versus opponents that score 99-plus points per game.<\/p>\n

The Thunder lead the NBA in grabbing 47.4 rebounds per game, while they\u2019ve gone 16-1 when winning that statistical category over an opponent during the 2013-14 campaign, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 Oklahoma City isn\u2019t just playing great basketball on the offensive end, as it has limited opponents to the second worst field goal shooting percentage in the league.\u00a0 Dating back to last season, the franchise is a dominating 51-1 SU when holding a foe to 42 percent or less field goal shooting.<\/p>\n

San Antonio returns home after going 3-1 on its recent road trip, which includes a 104-102 victory over the Golden State Warriors as seven-point road underdogs Thursday, while going OVER the betting total for a third consecutive affair.\u00a0 The Spurs have three probable starters averaging in double figures, with point guard Tony Parker scoring 17.5 points a contest.\u00a0 He\u2019s missed the last two games due to a bruised right shin, but it appears he\u2019ll return to the floor in this high-profile affair.\u00a0 San Antonio is 24-8 SU and 22-9-1 ATS after three or more consecutive OVERs the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Spurs are 9-2 SU at the AT&T Center, including a 5-1 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 San Antonio is known for its bench play, as the group ranks second in the NBA in averaging 46.3 points per game.\u00a0 San Antonio returned 12 players, including all five starters from last season\u2014a group that advanced to the 2013 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Spurs due to the home team being 5-0-1 ATS in the last six 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. San Antonio Spurs Saturday, 12\/21\/13, 8:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 205 Current Total:\u00a0 205 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Oklahoma City has won its last eight games by an average margin of 14.4 points, which includes a 107-95 victory over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[4195,18,399,141,1029,3693],"class_list":["post-31936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-att-center","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-tony-parker","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31936","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=31936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31937,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31936\/revisions\/31937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}