Houston Rockets at Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Pick - Odds - Free ATS Prediction
Date:
December 9, 8:05 pm
Location:
Chesapeake Energy Center
TV:
ESPN
Betting Odds
Point Spread:
Oklahoma Thunder -1
Total:
224
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The Houston Rockets will travel to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a Western Conference showdown at the Chesapeake Energy Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:05 PM ET and set to be aired for national audiences on ESPN. Both teams have won three of the last six meetings between both sides.
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Houston Rockets at Oklahoma City Thunder Overview<br />
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The Rockets come in at 15-7 and have won their last four contests. The Rockets have taken down teams like Boston and Golden State along the way. Most recently the Rockets routed the Lakers at home by a score of 134-95. The Rockets feature a MVP candidate in shooting guard James Harden who has been instrumental in catalyzing Houston’s offense and their resurgence this season.
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The Thunder have won their last six in a row, coming off a 102-99 win at the Atlanta Hawks on Monday. The Thunder are led by Russell Westbrook whose performance has been simply sensational so far this season. Westbrook has carried this team on his back after the departure of Kevin Durant.
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Houston at Oklahoma City Key Betting Trends<br />
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The Thunder enter this fixture 14-8 SU while posting a 12-10 mark against the spread.
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For the Rockets, they come in at 15-7 SU while posting a 15-7 record against the spread overall.
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The Thunder stand at 9-4 SU at home this year.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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Much of the consensus like the Rockets as 75% of the consensus favor Houston. The Rockets spotting a point require serious juice as they are a -121 favorite taking back a point. On the contrary, the Thunder at evens spotting the point. In Money Line markets both teams require juice as the Thunder are a -126 favorite, while Houston is a road dog at -105. In Over/Under markets, the price has remained stationery at 224.
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Houston Rockets at Oklahoma City Thunder Prediction
As we have articulated previously, the Rockets are prone for overreactions based on previous results. The books have made no mistake in pricing the Thunder as a favorite as they are known for boasting a robust home court advantage. While we have an opportunity to take back a quality team at even odds, we will gladly opt in on OKC. Houston’s demolition of Los Angeles is bound to cause an overreaction because the performance was so prolific in nature. Nevertheless, as we have highlighted previously Oklahoma City is led by a unanimous candidate for MVP at this point in Russell Westbrook, whose play has been instrumental in OKC being competitive this season. The Thunder are stronger in rebounding, defense and allowing less turnovers which affords OKC at home to be a true value play against a likely overvalued Houston Rockets whose stock is currently through the ceiling by virtue of their recent victories.
Free Pick:
Take Oklahoma City -1
