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Dwayne Connors
At this time of the year, points become just a little harder to come by, and the fact Russell Westbrook, Dennis Schroder and Paul George combined to shoot 4-for-26 from three-point land as the Thunder were just 5-of-33 overall from behind the arc tells me that even is they shot it a little more accurate tonight, I still don't see the numbers adding up to an Over in Rip City tonight.
As for Portland, they leaned on their guards Damian Lilliard and CJ McCollum for the bulk of their scoring, as the tandem combined for 54 of the team's 104 points on Sunday. I think you can count on them to deliver in that price range again, but can you count on Enes Kanter to score another 20 points like he did on Sunday? I don't think you can. You take away half of those Kanter points, and for sure we are looking at another Under in Game Two on Tuesday night.
6 of the last of 9 series meetings between the teams have held Under the total, while OKC has been Under now in 4 of their last 7 games leading up to this Tuesday nighter, while Portland has landed Under the posted price in 5 of their last 9 after Sunday's Game One Low. While not overwhelming Under numbers, they are still in favor of a game that lands a little south of this posted total of 218 points.
I see both teams just making it above the 100 point plateau as the Thunder and Blazers land Under at the Moda Center.
5* OKLAHOMA CITY-PORTLAND UNDER
At this time of the year, points become just a little harder to come by, and the fact Russell Westbrook, Dennis Schroder and Paul George combined to shoot 4-for-26 from three-point land as the Thunder were just 5-of-33 overall from behind the arc tells me that even is they shot it a little more accurate tonight, I still don't see the numbers adding up to an Over in Rip City tonight.
As for Portland, they leaned on their guards Damian Lilliard and CJ McCollum for the bulk of their scoring, as the tandem combined for 54 of the team's 104 points on Sunday. I think you can count on them to deliver in that price range again, but can you count on Enes Kanter to score another 20 points like he did on Sunday? I don't think you can. You take away half of those Kanter points, and for sure we are looking at another Under in Game Two on Tuesday night.
6 of the last of 9 series meetings between the teams have held Under the total, while OKC has been Under now in 4 of their last 7 games leading up to this Tuesday nighter, while Portland has landed Under the posted price in 5 of their last 9 after Sunday's Game One Low. While not overwhelming Under numbers, they are still in favor of a game that lands a little south of this posted total of 218 points.
I see both teams just making it above the 100 point plateau as the Thunder and Blazers land Under at the Moda Center.
5* OKLAHOMA CITY-PORTLAND UNDER
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