Utah at Oklahoma City

Teams often focus on defense in the postseason and Oklahoma City will need it, facing elimination at home. Utah likes to slow the pace down, tied for first in the NBA during the regular season in points allowed, and sixth in field goal shooting allowed. They've held OKC to 23, 22 and 21 points the last three quarters. In Game 2 on this court OKC scored 47 first half points. But Oklahoma City can play defense, too, tenth in the NBA during the regular season in points allowed, #12 in field goal shooting allowed. The UNDER is 14-6 when these teams clash and both will bring tremendous defensive intensity right out of the gate with so much at stake, which will mean a low-scoring first half. After struggling in two games at Utah, the Thunder is delighted to be home, where they averaged 105.5 points in the first two games (they averaged 99 ppg in Games 3 and 4 at Utah). The home team is 21-9 ATS in the last 30 meetings, so back home court for the game, along with a defensive first half. Play Oklahoma City and the first half UNDER.