NBA Portland Trail Blazers vs Oklahoma City Thunder Preview and Prediction

Date/Time: 01-22-2019, 20:00 EDT

Spread: Oklahoma City Thunder -5.5

Total: +228

In this all-Western showdown, the third and fourth best squads of the conference are clashing, when the Portland Trail Blazers, are visiting the Oklahoma City Thunder, with both teams coming off multiple wins and are looking to continue on the winning ways in this game.

Blazers are 29-19 so far in the league and are tied with tonight’s opponent Oklahoma City on the 3^rd place of the Western Conference. They have won their last 3 games and in their latest matchup they were victorious against Utah on the road, 109-104. Thunder are 28-18 so far in the league and are tied with tonight’s opponent Portland on the 3^rd place of the Western Conference. They have won their last 2 games and in their latest matchup they were victorious against New York on the road, 127-109.

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Portland are led in scoring by Damian Lillard with 26.1 ppg. He also adds 4.5 rebounds and leads the team in assists made with 6.2 per game, while CJ McCollum follows with 20.5 ppg, adding 3.8 rebounds per game. Jusuf Nurkic adds 15 ppg and leads the team in rebounding with 10.4 per game. Oklahoma City are led in scoring by Paul George with 26.8 ppg. He also adds 7.9 rebounds and 4 assists per game, while Russell Westbrook follows with 21.6 ppg and leads the team both in assists made with 10.5 and in rebounding with 10.6 per game. Dennis Schroder adds 15.4 ppg and 4.3 assists off the bench.

This will be the second meeting between those two teams so far this season with Oklahoma being victorious on the road by 2 points in the previous one. Oklahoma are 14-7 at home, while Portland are 9-12 on the road. Oklahoma have both a better offense with 113.8 ppg to Portland’s 112.4 and a better defense, allowing 109 ppg to Portland’s 109.9. Portland on the other hand have a better accuracy both from the field (46.1% to 45.6%) and from behind the arc (35.9% to 33.6%). They also commit fewer turnovers per game (13.5 to 14.1), while both squads are very close both in assists (22.8 to 22.5) and in rebounding (48.1 to 48). Oklahoma have been very effective at home this season and expect them to get away with a win by more than 6 points tonight.

Portland Trail Blazers vs Oklahoma City Thunder Prediction: Oklahoma City Thunder -5.5 (-107)