The 31-18 Oklahoma City Thunder will travel to play the 17-23 Dallas Mavericks in an NBA pro basketball game on Friday night. Tip off time from Dallas is set for 9:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The NBA point spread in this game has the road team Oklahoma City Thunder favored by -4 ½ points with an over under line of 205 ½ points. When the odds were released a few hours ago OKC was favored by -4 with a total of 205 ½ points. There has been a ½ point move on the Thunder.
The teams met back on December 27th with Oklahoma City posting the 111-105 home overtime win as a -10 ½ point betting favorite. The total landed over 207 points. Trend: Oklahoma City Thunder is 6-1-1 ATS in their past eight games.
Oklahoma City is 12-5 on the road this season. They are on a five game win streak. The Thunder is coming off the 117-97 home win on Wednesday to the Denver Nuggets as a -9 point betting favorite. The total came over 209 points. The Thunder shot nearly 52% from the floor and hit on 9 of 19 from three. Russell Westbrook had 32 points and four assists hitting 12 of 20 shots. OKC sits as the top scoring team in the league as they average 105 points a game. They are also the best in the NBA in three point and free throw shooting. Even with these solid offensive numbers the team can defense by allowing 42.7% shooting good for second in the NBA in field goal defense.
The Mavericks are 11-7 on their home court. The team is riding a four game win streak with three of the wins on their home court. They come off the 105-100 home win on Wednesday against the Houston Rockets as a -4 point favorite. The game ended under 213 points. Dallas got to the free throw line 43 times and converted on nearly 80% of their shots. Dirk Nowitzki scored 19 points and grabbed 8 rebounds on 7 of 14 shooting. With Nowitzki slowly starting to approach good form the Mavs have averaged 112 points per game during this four game win streak.
