Thunder Hosts the Blazers on NBA TV

Thunder and Blazers are Banged Up

The Portland Trail Blazers and the Oklahoma City Thunder will meet at Chesapeake Energy Arena on Tuesday. The Northwest division rivals will tip-off a few minutes after 8 pm EST. The game will be telecast live on NBA TV.

Oddsmakers opened the Thunder as -8.5-point favorites versus the Trail Blazers, while the game's total opened at 204.5.

The Thunder return home in the middle of a stretch of five road games in six. The Blazers kick off a four game road trip. The Thunder and Trail Blazers are part of a close-knit bunch at the bottom of the Western Conference playoff race.

Oklahoma City is a half-game ahead of Portland and Denver. New Orleans 1-1/2  games back.

Both Teams will be without key players tonight.

Blazers' point guard Damian Lillard has missed six of the last eight games. He is listed as out for the game with a right calf strain. Lillard first was out with a strained right hamstring. He returned for a loss at Cleveland on Jan. 2 and suffered the calf injury. Lillard is averaging 24.9 points, 6.3 assists and 4.8 rebounds.

The Thunder are expected to be without defensive stalwart Andre Roberson. This is the fourth consecutive game he will miss with left patellar tendinitis. He figures to miss at least two more games before his return.

Thunder Defense May Suffer

Oklahoma City was a 114-100 loser in its last match on the road against the Phoenix Suns. They failed to cover the -8-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 214 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.

The Thunder defense has been among the league's best this season. Mainly because of Roberson's work on the perimeter and against pick-and-rolls. With Roberson on the floor, the Thunder have averaged 12 fewer points per 100 possessions than when he's not.

Oklahoma City has handled the loss well.  they have gone 2-1 on the recent road trip without Roberson.

Blazers Look to Overcome without Lillard Against Thunder

Portland was a 111-110 winner in its last match at home against the San Antonio Spurs. They earned a push of the -1-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 221 sent OVER bettors to the payout window.

Portland has been able to play well with their star our.  They are 4-2 without Lillard during this recent stretch.

Shabazz Napier will start in Lillard's place. During his recent five starts, Lillard is averaging 18.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists.

 

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Portland	21-18	19-17-3	102.90	101.79	1.11	6-11-3	13-6	13-26	6-14	7-12
Oklahoma City	22-18	16-24	104.78	101.15	3.63	9-11	7-13	17-23	8-12	9-11

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
POR	18.77	13.87	1.35
OKC	21.15	13.80	1.53

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
POR	9.90	34.95	44.85
OKC	11.82	32.20	44.02

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
POR	44.78	44.72	0.06
OKC	45.42	45.12	0.3

Team Records

Portland Trail Blazers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	21-18	10-10	11-8	19-17-3	6-11-3	13-6	102.90	101.79	1.11
Last 10	5-5	3-2	2-3	5-4-1	2-2-1	3-2	103.60	105.50	-1.90
vs Div	2-3	2-1	0-2	3-2	2-1	1-1	99.40	100.60	-1.20
vs EAST	11-8	3-4	8-4	10-8-1	2-4-1	8-4	102.32	103.05	-0.73
vs WEST	10-10	7-6	3-4	9-9-2	4-7-2	5-2	103.45	100.60	2.85

Oklahoma City Thunder

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	22-18	14-6	8-12	16-24	9-11	7-13	104.78	101.15	3.63
Last 10	7-3	4-2	3-1	6-4	3-3	3-1	113.40	103.90	9.50
vs Div	5-5	4-1	1-4	2-8	1-4	1-4	102.50	99.80	2.70
vs EAST	9-7	5-4	4-3	8-8	4-5	4-3	104.63	100.00	4.63
vs WEST	13-11	9-2	4-9	8-16	5-6	3-10	104.88	101.92	2.96

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	102.90	21	101.15	3
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	103.74	16	99.80	5
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	46.11	2	39.30	1
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	104.78	18	101.79	6
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	106.30	16	101.74	4
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	43.60	17	44.05	20

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Portland	6-4	5-5	4-5-1	106.50	54.30	45.63	46.40	78/227	8.30
Oklahoma City	4-6	5-5	4-5-1	108.90	54.10	45.26	41.70	106/272	6.70

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
Nov 5, 2017	OKC	99	POR	103	3	POR	210.5	U	POR	POR	OKC	46	50	44.9	50	32	44	11/33	7/20	11	6
Mar 7, 2017	POR	126	OKC	121	-7	POR	222	O	POR	OKC	POR	61	67	55.3	51.8	36	39	11/23	10/25	7	4
Mar 2, 2017	OKC	109	POR	114	1	POR	223	P	POR	POR	OKC	60	57	39.5	49.4	40	45	11/29	10/25	9	9
Feb 5, 2017	POR	99	OKC	105	-5	OKC	218.5	U	OKC	OKC	POR	52	46	40.2	40.8	44	56	10/28	4/18	6	9
Dec 13, 2016	OKC	95	POR	114	-2	POR	218.5	U	POR	OKC	Push	52	68	37.9	53.8	44	36	8/27	8/23	9	10
Apr 6, 2016	OKC	115	POR	120	-8	OKC	213.5	O	POR	OKC	POR	59	72	47.3	51.2	50	39	9/22	15/33	9	11
Mar 14, 2016	POR	94	OKC	128	-7.5	OKC	217	O	OKC	OKC	OKC	42	66	34.1	59	39	52	7/27	9/17	4	10
Jan 10, 2016	OKC	110	POR	115	7.5	POR	215.5	O	OKC	POR	POR	46	52	48.7	42	42	52	10/21	19/44	8	7
Dec 16, 2015	POR	90	OKC	106	-10	OKC	207.5	U	OKC	OKC	POR	45	52	34.8	48.1	47	51	11/26	2/14	6	6
Apr 13, 2015	POR	90	OKC	101	-8	OKC	217	U	POR	OKC	POR	42	49	45.8	40.6	35	58	8/23	4/21	1	8

NBA Betting Trends

Portland Trail Blazers
Portland is 10-4-1 ATS in its last 15 games
Portland is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Portland's last 6 games
Portland is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games on the road
Portland is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Portland's last 10 games on the road
Portland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Oklahoma City
Portland is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Oklahoma City
Portland is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
Portland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 16 of Portland's last 21 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City is 8-15 ATS in its last 23 games
Oklahoma City is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oklahoma City's last 6 games
Oklahoma City is 3-9 ATS in its last 12 games at home
Oklahoma City is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games at home
Oklahoma City is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Portland
Oklahoma City is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Portland
Oklahoma City is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Portland
Oklahoma City is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Portland
The total has gone UNDER in 16 of Oklahoma City's last 21 games when playing at home against Portland

Team Last 5 Games

Portland Trail Blazers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Jan 7, 2018	SAN	111-110	W	-1	196	P/O	52.17	70.00	8	H
Jan 5, 2018	ATL	110-89	W	-7	208	W/U	53.75	78.57	13	H
Jan 2, 2018	CLE	110-127	L	8.5	216.5	L/O	46.67	68.42	13	A
Jan 1, 2018	CHI	124-120	W	3	201.5	W/O	43.52	88.89	14	A
Dec 30, 2017	ATL	89-104	L	-2.5	204	L/U	42.35	76.92	7	A

Oklahoma City Thunder

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Jan 7, 2018	PHO	100-114	L	-8	222	L/U	46.51	57.14	8	A
Jan 4, 2018	LAC	127-117	W	-1.5	212.5	W/O	53.68	71.43	15	A
Jan 3, 2018	LAL	133-96	W	-5.5	214	W/O	60.22	77.78	14	A
Dec 31, 2017	DAL	113-116	L	-8	203.5	L/O	48.31	73.91	10	H
Dec 29, 2017	MIL	95-97	L	-6.5	208	L/U	45.78	60.00	7	H

Next up:
Portland at Houston Wednesday, January 10
Oklahoma City at Minnesota Wednesday, January 10

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