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NBA best bets: Tuesday, 13 March
By Josh Chahal -March 13, 2018
WE continue to catch fire in the NBA after another winning play cashed for punters.
Here’s our best bets for the action ahead:
Sacramento Kings @ Oklahoma City Thunder
The Thunder will look to make it three straight wins at home when they welcome the Sacramento Kings to Chesapeake Energy Arena.
After dropping the first of their four-game home stand to Houston the Thunder have bounced back well, holding their last two opponents to and average of just 90.5 points.
That defensive intensity will remain a priority for this team heading into the final few weeks of the season, but that could become a lot harder should they lose their starting centre for any period of time.
Steven Adams was forced from the court with an ankle injury against the Spurs in their last start and if the Kiwi is forced to miss any extra time it could be a big blow to the Thunder’s playoff hopes.
Without Adams the team loses a lot of its defensive identity and his ability to protect the rim is a big reason why this team has created such a defensive presence this season. Given they’re already without star defensive guard Andre Roberson, the loss of Adams will leave a huge hole for Billy Donovan to try and plug.
While the Kings don’t necessarily own a paint presence that can capitalise on this situation they do have players who will want to attack the lanes and drive to the basket. If OKC fall into the trap of running the court with these young Kings then we should see a high-scoring game as a result.
Sacramento has scored over 100 points in three of their last four games, and eight of their last 10 overall. This number is a little too inviting for us to ignore and we feel the defensive intensity will be missing from both sides in what could become a shootout in Oklahoma.
Our projections have this one going for a combined 218.9 points giving us great value on the total here.
Tip: Over 211.5 points @ $1.92 (Sportsbet)Comment
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