Free PREMIUM Pick: #706 Oklahoma City Thunder -6.5 Summary: The Thunder is a very solid young team. They're coming off an 18-point home loss to Boston, so motivation should be high tonight. They lost ATS by 14 in that one, which brings up a solid situation for this team. There have been three times this season where OKC has lost ATS by double digits. They won and covered the next game all three times. This young, talented team knows how to bounce back and they will do it again tonight. OKC is also 3-1 SU & ATS as a home favorite this season. If we look at Golden State's road statistics compared to OKC's home stats, then we see several edges for OKC. But the ones that really stand out for me are: 1) Golden State allows 51.3% shooting and 116.6 points per game on the road; and 2) OKC has a home rebounding margin of +3.2 boards per game, while Golden State owns a road rebounding margin of -8.1 boards per game. The Thunder plays much better defense and should own the boards in this contest. And considering the fact that "defense" is not in Golden State's vocabulary, I expect the Thunder to bounce back tonight with a 12 to 15-point win. Lay the points with the Thunder.
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