Orlando is home, but they can't score, 27th in the NBA in scoring. Orlando is 14-6-1 UNDER the total against the Western Conference, plus 7-1 UNDER against a team with a losing record. Into town comes an Oklahoma City team that's one of the best defensively in the league, third in field goal shooting defense and 12th in points allowed. They are also No. 6 at defending the three pointer. Oklahoma City is 21-9 UNDER the total on one day of rest. Oklahoma City has been difficult to contain at home, averaging 118.0 points the past four games, but the team hasn't been able to match that production on the road, scoring 91.7 per game with a 35.1 field-goal percentage while dropping the last three of a four-game skid by an average of 19.3 points. They just ripped Golden State at home, but the Thunder is 11-1 UNDER the total after scoring more than 125 points in their previous game. And when these teams meet, the UNDER is 7-3 in Orlando. Play Oklahoma/Orlando UNDER the total.
This pick was released to clients on January 18, 2015 at 10:50AM ET.
NBA
Oklahoma City at Orlando
January 18, 2015
6:05 PM Eastern
1.5 units on Game Total UNDER 214 -110 (risk 1.5 to return 2.86)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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