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Oklahoma City Thunder (7-3, 4-0 home) will host Los Angeles Clippers (8-4, 3-3 away), in a great matchup with playoff implications at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Both sides are on the back of solid wins (OKC vs. Minessota, LA vs. Denver).
Thunder lost the first game against the Clippers this season, 103-111 in LA, and with the West Conference stacked with quality teams, OKC needs to come back with a win agains their rivals if they want to firmly claim their spot amont the top 2-3 teams in the West. Oklahoma got Westbrook back after his injury late last season and the Thunder look stronger than ever, despite losing Kevin Martin in the summer. Durant and Westbrook are averaging a combined 52.4 points per game together, making for the most effective one-two punch in the league. With an athletic Serge Ibacka running the paint OKC is one of the fastest and most deadliest offensive teams in the NBA this season. The hosts have played great so far and are yet to lose at home, where they are 4 for 4 until now.
The Clippers had a fantastic off-season, managing to sign coach Doc Rivers, along with sharpshooters Jared Dudley and JJ Reddick. With these two opening up the floor, the Clippers are pretty much perfect offensively. They have the best PG in the league (Paul), two big men who can run the floor (Griffin, Jordan), and a bunch of excellent shooters in Dudley, Reddick or Crawford. The Clippers have shown some good basketball, but there is surely still room for improvement, especially on the road.
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Oklahoma is 7th in the league in points per game, with 104.2, and has 2 players in the top 10 scoring leaderboard (Durant – 1st, Westbrook – 9th). The Clippers are currently 2nd in the league with 108.7 points per game. Both sides are also allowing more than 102 PPG (OKC – 102.1, LA – 105.1). No matter how you look at it, these stats clearly indicate a high scoring game tonight, similar to the last meeting between these two about a week ago (111-103).
The bookies have a total of 210 points for this game. Thunder has went over it 5 times this season and Clippers 7 times, particularly increasing their scoring in the last few games. But it`s the specific matchup between these two run&gun sides that is set to produce particular high scoring games.
This will be a fast paced game, no doubt about that, and it should go over the line set by the bookies. Durand and Westbrook can`t be stopped, they will gain average around 50 points together, while the visitors have so many offensive weapons that you feel they could score 125 points every game if they would not focus on defense too. I can`t see any reason for this game not to go over the 210 point line except for a martingale type of thinking (they have to play a low-scoring game after so many high scoring ones). OKC should bee to strong at home, but the odds are short and the spread a little too big, so the best bet is over 210 points according to the facts. My tip is something like LA Clippers at OKC Thunder 105-115. The line is going up so this bet should be taken early.
Pick: over 210 points
Odds: 1.91 @ William Hill
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 7.28
Event date: 22 November
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