ArizonaKid
Pretty much a regular
San Antonio versus Oklahoma City
Surprised to see the series price climbing and now up to Spurs -300/+250.
First thing I notice is a favorable schedule for the Spurs with 3 days off between games 2 & 3 and 2 days off between games 6 & 7.
Hard to take away much from the regular season meetings as the teams split 2-2 with each team holding home court with the last Spurs win the 2nd to last game of the season in OT with no Westbrook, Durant, or Ibaka while the Spurs went with their regular starting lineup and all starters played 30+ minutes except Aldridge played 19 with the hurt finger. Previous matchup was in OKC and Spurs sat the old 3 as well as LA and Kawhi. Spurs lead 48-44 at half but the Thunder outscored them 35-19 in the 3rd Q and won going away by a score of 111-92.
The 2nd game of the season series had OKC playing the 2nd night of a B2B and this game had everybody playing. Spurs won an ugly game 93-85 with OKC dominating the boards 56-44 and Westbrook having a bad night shooting 5-16 w/ 9 turnovers. First meeting of the series was opening night in OKC with the Thunder winning 112-106.
Danny Green will be vital as he went 3-22 from 3 in the 4 games vs the Thunder and really struggled from deep down the stretch but went 6-13 from deep in the Memphis series. Boban will have a key role off the bench in countering the size of Adams and Kanter. I expect Mills to have a big series and expose Foye or Payne when he is in.
Ibaka has always given the Spurs hell but w/ the additions of LA and David West and Ibaka transforming into a wing player that fear factor is no longer there. Spurs also the best in the league guarding the 3 while OKC is a below average 3 point shooting team. Those factors along with the coaching advantage and a better bench have me picking the Spurs in 6.
Game 1 line is Spurs -6.5 w/ a 201.5 total and I have already taken the over.
Should be a great series.
Surprised to see the series price climbing and now up to Spurs -300/+250.
First thing I notice is a favorable schedule for the Spurs with 3 days off between games 2 & 3 and 2 days off between games 6 & 7.
Hard to take away much from the regular season meetings as the teams split 2-2 with each team holding home court with the last Spurs win the 2nd to last game of the season in OT with no Westbrook, Durant, or Ibaka while the Spurs went with their regular starting lineup and all starters played 30+ minutes except Aldridge played 19 with the hurt finger. Previous matchup was in OKC and Spurs sat the old 3 as well as LA and Kawhi. Spurs lead 48-44 at half but the Thunder outscored them 35-19 in the 3rd Q and won going away by a score of 111-92.
The 2nd game of the season series had OKC playing the 2nd night of a B2B and this game had everybody playing. Spurs won an ugly game 93-85 with OKC dominating the boards 56-44 and Westbrook having a bad night shooting 5-16 w/ 9 turnovers. First meeting of the series was opening night in OKC with the Thunder winning 112-106.
Danny Green will be vital as he went 3-22 from 3 in the 4 games vs the Thunder and really struggled from deep down the stretch but went 6-13 from deep in the Memphis series. Boban will have a key role off the bench in countering the size of Adams and Kanter. I expect Mills to have a big series and expose Foye or Payne when he is in.
Ibaka has always given the Spurs hell but w/ the additions of LA and David West and Ibaka transforming into a wing player that fear factor is no longer there. Spurs also the best in the league guarding the 3 while OKC is a below average 3 point shooting team. Those factors along with the coaching advantage and a better bench have me picking the Spurs in 6.
Game 1 line is Spurs -6.5 w/ a 201.5 total and I have already taken the over.
Should be a great series.
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