Oklahoma City Thunder versus San Antonio Spurs Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Pointspread Lines Odds Preview 4-4-2013
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The 56-19 San Antonio Spurs will travel on a back to back when they face a rested 54-20 Oklahoma City Thunder in an NBA pro basketball game on Thursday night. Tip off time from Oklahoma City is scheduled for 9:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by TNT.

The odds from this NBA pro basketball game has the home team Oklahoma City Thunder favored by -8 ½ points with an over under line of 202 ½ points. Early money has landed on the Thunder and under as the game opened with OKC a -8 point favorite with the total lined at 204 points.

This will be the fourth meeting of the season between these two teams with each club winning on their home court. OKC covered at home with the Spurs covering once and a push in the two games played at San Antonio.

The Spurs have a road record of 23-14 on the current campaign. They break a two game losing streak on Wednesday with the 98-84 home victory on Wednesday to the Orlando Magic as a -12 ½ point betting favorite. The total came in at under 198 points. San Antonio held the Magic to just 38 second half points in victory. The Spurs made 44.4% from the floor and converted on 10 of 29 three pointers. They held Orlando to just 38.9% shooting. Danny Green led the Spurs with 20 points and three assists as he made 7 of is 10 shots. San Antonio puts up some strong offensive numbers ranking in the top four of the NBA in all key categories. On defense the team allows 96.2 points a game good for sixth in the league. In the fight for best record in the Western conference the Spurs holds a 1 ½ game lead over the Thunder with just seven games remaining.

The Thunder is 32-5 straight up playing at home on the season. They win for the fourth time in five games after a 109-99 road victory against the Milwaukee Bucks as a -6 point betting favorite. The game finished over 206 points. It was a good fourth quarter for OKC as they outscored Milwaukee 26-16 in victory. They shot 53.3% from the field and connected on 4 of 16 from three point distance. Oklahoma City held the Bucks to just 37.8% from the field and pulled down three more rebounds than Milwaukee. Kevin Durant led the Thunder with 30 points and eight rebounds as he made 10 of his 19 shots. OKC is the top scoring team in the NBA as they put up 106 points a game. They defend very well as Oklahoma City allows just 42.6% shooting to their opponents ranking second in the NBA in defensive field goal percentage.
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