Toronto has it all at third in the NBA in scoring, ninth in points allowed, and sixth in field goal shooting defense. They are in the rare role of underdog here, but have won four of their last five games as a dog straight-up, plus are 5-2 ATS as a dog this season. Toronto forward Serge Ibaka, a former OKC Thunder starter, has scored in double digits in each of his past 11 games. Toronto had to play yesterday, but has great depth and is 5-1 ATS playing on no days of rest. They can lean on that great defense, too at 10-4 UNDER the total when playing with no rest, as well as 14-6 UNDER on the road against a team with a winning home record. Oklahoma City is a better defensive team than an offensive one, ranking third in the NBA in points allowed, and seventh in FG shooting defense, while the offense is #21 in points scored. The Thunder are on a 5-12 spread run, 6-15 ATS when playing on one day of rest. They are also on an 8-3 run UNDER the total at home, 24-10 UNDER playing on one day of rest, and 22-10 UNDER after scoring 100+ points in their previous game. The road team has covered five straight when these teams clash and they've been defensive games on this court (6-1 UNDER at OKC). Play Toronto and the UNDER.
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NBA
Toronto at Oklahoma City
December 27, 2017
8:05 PM Eastern
1.5 units on Toronto +4 (-105) (risk 1.5 to return 2.93)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
1 unit on Game Total UNDER 209.5 -110 (risk 1 to return 1.91)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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