NBA - 705 Oklahoma City Thunder @ 706 Detroit Pistons
Projected Line: Oklahoma City by 3 points
This is a terrible spot for Oklahoma City, as they will be playing their fourth game in five nights, having played last night at home against Cleveland, in a relatively close game, where their starters were forced to play major minutes. Even though the Thunder currently hold a 5-2 record, the truth is that they are struggling big time in two areas. First of all, they are struggling on rebounding, as they grabbed just 56.19%, 48.76%, 46.32%, 51.21%, 46.53%, 44.73% and 46.03% of the rebounds in their games, with these rebounding issues being clearly worse on their last three games against Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland. Oklahoma City is also struggling on the ball movement by having a terrible A/TO ratio. If it's normal that they don't have a lot of assists due to the fact that they have Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook on their roster, the truth is that the Thunder is struggling a lot on turnovers, as they have committed 21, 19, 22, 17 and 21 turnovers on their last five games, while having a 19.1% turnover ratio per possession, the second worst mark in the whole league.
They will be facing a Pistons team that has revenge on their mind after losing to Oklahoma City last Friday and they have good chances to make this game very competitive. Besides the fact that the Thunder have a terrible spot tonight and they are struggling on rebounding and turnovers, the truth is that Detroit is capable of forcing turnovers, as they are #13 in opponent turnovers per possession with 16.5%. I believe Detroit will make a big effort tonight against a top team on a terrible spot and so, I'll be taking the Pistons in here on a generous home underdog spread.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 706 Detroit Pistons (+7) @ -110 / 1.91 on Bookmaker
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