Tonight so far I am leaning the OKC THUNDER -3.5 and PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS -4. I still have to do a little research and watch some line movement but those are my two leans thusfar. 44% of the public is on the Thunder and only 28% is on the Blazers.
OKC lost their last game ouright to the Suns at home and the line was OKC -6.5. I think we are getting a great value line with the Thunder because of the result of the last game. Other than Durant and Westbrook nobody showed up in that game for OKC and they STILL almost beat the Suns. The three other starters shot a combined 28% and the rest of the team shot a combined 36%
OKC is just really nasty coming off a upset loss as a favorite, they are 8-3ATS in this situation. Also OKC hasn't dropped two in a row at home since early December. OKC has been very strong all year against good teams going 27-16 ATS. OKC is also 12-3 ATS on fridays which would definitely put them up their at the top for this particular day. OKC has dropped two straight and I just think they are the better team overall and they have home court advantage. I think they pull this one out by around 6-9 points.
Thunder -3.5 LOCKED WINNER!!
I am liking the under in the OKC/PHX game. There is heavy rlm on this game as the public is on the over yet the line has dropped from 222.5 to 219 now, that's 3.5 points of movement. Vegas is reverse dropping this line despite the fact that the last two games in this matchup went over the posted total. The over looks like a trap. Phoenix is not the over machine they once were going 35-40-3 O/U thusfar this year.
The three refs all favor the under big time.
Joe Crawford 23-35 O/U
Curtis Blair 21-32 O/U
Bennie Adams 27-35 O/U
OKC/PHX Under 220 LOCKED WINNER!!
I really like the Rockets today. Public is loving the bobcats because they are a playoff team and need to win and rockets are playing for nothing. Line opened at hou -1 and went to -2 with public pounding bobcats. Charlotte is downright terrible on the road with a 12-26 record on the road. Rockets are feeling a bit confident coming into tonight since they came off an upset win last game.
Rockets -1.5 LOCKED WINNER!!
I really don't know what Joe Public is thinking pounding Dallas. Portland has beat them three times this year already and won by 12 last game at home just two weeks ago. I have been watching the Blazers play a lot lately and this team is really rolling right now. The synergy on this team is very good. All of the players are playing their role and their is no ego's. The only thing I don't like on this game is the fact that they are going for the four game sweep, it's very hard to do but I just think the Blazers have their number. It is nice to see though that a huge majority of the public is on Dallas and the line has not moved yet, would be nice to see some RLM on this game.
BLAZERS NO PLAY