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New Orleans at Oklahoma City

April 21, 2024
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Oklahoma City is 27-14-0 ATS at home this season and it has won and covered the past two meetings with New Orleans and and four of the past six meetings have gone UNDER. The Thunder come into the postseason having won five straight and they covered the number the last four, including a 135-86 annihilation of Dallas, which sat out several starters last Sunday. The Thunder was #11 in the NBA allowing 112.7 points per game and #12 in 3-point defense. Shai ‎Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 30.1 points and four other scorers are in double figures and three of them shoot better than 50 percent for the Thunder. The Pelicans used a balanced approach to defeat Sacramento 105-98 on Friday night, but they will be without Zion Williamson, who is out with a hamstring injury. Oklahoma City is 8-3 UNDER as a home favorite and 8-3 UNDER overall versus teams with winning records. New Orleans is 8-2-1 UNDER as an underdog and 23-9-1 UNDER as a road dog. Take the Thunder as a Max Play and the first half and the game to go UNDER.

2 units on Oklahoma City -7.5 (-115) (risk 2 to return 3.74)
Result:
LOSS
1.5 units on 1st ½ Total UNDER 106 -115 (risk 1.5 to return 2.8)
Result:
WIN
1.5 units on Game Total UNDER 216.5 -110 (risk 1.5 to return 2.86)
Result:
WIN
FINAL
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