Will Paul George Make Indiana Return in Thunder-Pacers Game?

 

Paul George was the star attraction at the Fieldhouse for five years. He returns Wednesday night for the first time as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder.  The question will be, will George suit up against his former team? He missed the past two games with a right calf contusion and is considered day-to-day.

Oddsmakers have the game set as a Pickem' and the total is at 214.5. The game will be televised at 7 pm EST as the early game on ESPN.

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So far it looks like the Pacers have “won” the offseason trade that sent George to Oklahoma City. OKC received George in exchange for Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis. It was the Thunder beating Indiana 114-96 as 13-point favorites when they met October 25 in OKC.

Sabonis started at center and shot 1-for-9 from the field. He’s been moved into a reserve role at power forward. The Pacers are 10-5 SU and ATS with Sabonis at the 4-spot.

The Thunder have had disappointing results so far this year. With George and Carmelo Anthony alongside reigning league MVP Russell Westbrook the team was supposed to flourish. Neither addition is playing like an All-Star, especially Anthony.

The wheels may be coming off as well. Oklahoma City has dropped the cash in eight straight games. They have went 4-4 SU as medium favorites on the NBA lines.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Oklahoma City	12-14	8-18	102.30	99.25	3.05	6-7	2-11	10-16	5-8	5-8
Indiana	16-11	17-10	108.32	107.77	0.55	9-5	8-5	13-13-1	5-8-1	8-5

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
OKC	20.75	14.15	1.47
IND	23.27	13.86	1.68

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
OKC	11.15	31.45	42.6
IND	8.91	33.45	42.36

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
OKC	43.68	44.69	-1.01
IND	48.02	47.28	0.74

Team Records

Oklahoma City Thunder

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	12-14	9-4	3-10	8-18	6-7	2-11	101.81	99.62	2.19
Last 10	5-5	4-2	1-3	1-9	1-5	0-4	99.60	101.30	-1.70
vs Div	2-5	2-1	0-4	0-7	0-3	0-4	102.86	105.14	-2.28
vs EAST	5-5	3-3	2-2	5-5	3-3	2-2	102.00	95.60	6.40
vs WEST	7-9	6-1	1-8	3-13	3-4	0-9	101.69	102.13	-0.44

Indiana Pacers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	16-11	10-4	6-7	17-10	9-5	8-5	109.00	107.48	1.52
Last 10	7-3	6-1	1-2	7-3	5-2	2-1	108.80	106.70	2.10
vs Div	5-1	3-0	2-1	4-2	2-1	2-1	106.17	101.00	5.17
vs EAST	11-6	7-1	4-5	12-5	6-2	6-3	110.41	106.35	4.06
vs WEST	5-5	3-3	2-2	5-5	3-3	2-2	106.60	109.40	-2.80

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	101.81	24	107.48	22
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	99.00	26	106.36	21
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	42.92	14	43.14	19
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	109.00	6	99.62	3
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	108.50	11	100.85	5
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	43.50	19	43.77	15

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Oklahoma City	5-5	6-4	5-5	104.90	47.00	43.46	41.40	84/229	7.90
Indiana	5-5	4-6	5-5	99.50	51.90	45.93	48.30	78/250	7.50

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Oct 25, 2017	IND	96	OKC	114	-13.5	OKC	217.5	U	OKC	OKC	Push	48	54	33.7	48.3	41	49	10/29	10/27	13	8
Feb 6, 2017	OKC	90	IND	93	-5	OKC	211.5	U	OKC	OKC	IND	52	41	38.6	37.9	61	37	7/28	8/26	6	7
Nov 20, 2016	IND	115	OKC	111	-9.5	IND	210.5	O	IND	IND	IND	58	54	44.9	43.6	51	49	11/22	10/36	13	10
Mar 19, 2016	OKC	115	IND	111	3.5	OKC	211	O	OKC	OKC	OKC	64	54	52.5	48.2	45	34	10/28	9/22	8	11
Feb 19, 2016	IND	101	OKC	98	-8	IND	214.5	U	IND	OKC	IND	44	51	44.3	43.8	45	48	9/22	5/26	8	6
Apr 12, 2015	OKC	104	IND	116	-2.5	IND	210.5	O	IND	IND	OKC	51	56	43.2	53.2	43	52	11/28	10/20	5	4
Feb 24, 2015	IND	92	OKC	105	-7.5	OKC	205	U	IND	OKC	Push	42	48	43.2	41.7	48	57	9/26	9/24	5	10
Apr 13, 2014	OKC	97	IND	102	1	IND	192	O	IND	IND	IND	45	47	42.9	52.8	32	46	7/28	9/20	12	3
Dec 8, 2013	IND	94	OKC	118	-4.5	OKC	194.5	O	OKC	OKC	IND	37	56	40	61	29	46	7/21	5/13	9	6
Apr 5, 2013	OKC	97	IND	75	-3	OKC	191.5	U	OKC	OKC	OKC	44	43	47.4	37.5	53	31	4/12	2/21	4	6

NBA Betting Trends

Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games
Oklahoma City is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Oklahoma City is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Oklahoma City is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oklahoma City's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Oklahoma City's last 19 games on the road
Oklahoma City is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 18 of Oklahoma City's last 25 games when playing Indiana
Oklahoma City is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Oklahoma City's last 14 games when playing on the road against Indiana

Indiana Pacers
Indiana is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Indiana is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Indiana is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Oklahoma City
The total has gone OVER in 18 of Indiana's last 25 games when playing Oklahoma City
Indiana is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Oklahoma City
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Indiana's last 14 games when playing at home against Oklahoma City

Team Last 5 Games

Oklahoma City Thunder

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 11, 2017	CHR	103-116	L	-7.5	206.5	L/O	41.18	96.00	9	H
Dec 9, 2017	MEM	102-101	W	-4.5	197	L/O	39.13	58.06	12	A
Dec 7, 2017	BKN	95-100	L	-7	215.5	L/U	38.78	52.17	7	A
Dec 5, 2017	UTA	100-94	W	-8	199	L/U	48.15	69.23	4	H
Dec 3, 2017	SAN	90-87	W	-8.5	198.5	L/U	42.53	47.62	6	H

Indiana Pacers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 10, 2017	DEN	126-116	W	-5	217.5	W/O	52.69	81.82	10	H
Dec 8, 2017	CLE	106-102	W	3.5	221	W/U	44.19	62.50	15	H
Dec 6, 2017	CHI	98-96	W	-10	206.5	L/U	44.83	80.00	12	H
Dec 4, 2017	NY	115-97	W	-11	212	W/P	53.49	80.00	11	H
Dec 1, 2017	TOR	115-120	L	7	217	W/O	44.12	77.27	8	A

 

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