The 55-20 Oklahoma City Thunder will travel on a back to back when they face the 48-27 Indiana Pacers in an NBA pro basketball game on Friday night. Tip off time from Indiana is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The NBA odds from this pro basketball game have the home team Indiana Pacers favored by -3 points with an over under line of 192 points. There has been a ½ point move on the side of the Pacers as Indiana opened up as a -2 ½ point betting favorite.
The teams met back on December 9th with the Thunder posting the 104-93 home victory against the Pacers as a -10 point betting favorite. The total landed over 196 ½ points.
The Thunder is 22-15 on the road this season. OKC wins their second straight and fifth in six games following a 100-88 home victory against the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday as a -7 ½ point betting favorite. The game finished under 201 points. It was a nice start for Oklahoma City as they go up 29-18 after one period. They connected on 46.3% from the field and made 12 of their 24 three pointers. The Thunder held the Spurs to just 39.8% shooting for the game. Russell Westbrook had 27 points and seven assists as he made 9 of his 21 shots. OKC puts up some outstanding offensive numbers but they are also a stout defensive team by surrendering 42.5% shooting to their opponents good for second in the league. The Thunder now trails the Spurs by a ½ game for the top seed in the Western conference with just seven games remaining.
The Pacers are 29-8 playing at home. They win their fifth straight and eighth in nine games after a 109-106 road victory on Monday to the LA Clippers as a +5 point underdog. The total landed over 188 points. Indiana just completed a 4-0 road trip. The Pacers held on to the win after taking a 16 point lead into the fourth quarter. They shot 54.9% from the floor and connected on 10 of 23 three pointers. Indiana allowed 48.8% shooting to the Clippers. Center Roy Hibbert led the Pacers with 26 points and ten rebounds as he made 11 of his 14 shots. Indiana is an outstanding defensive team ranking number one in the league in field goal and three point defending. We have seen a recent upsurge from Indiana in the scoring department as they have tallied 100 points or greater in five straight game. Indiana trails the New York Knicks by a ½ game for the number two seed in the Eastern conference with just seven games remaining.
