NBA Playoffs Tuesday Preview & Free Pick- Oklahoma City at San Antonio Game 5 - Handicappers Hideaway

The Western Conference Semifinals showdown between the Oklahoma City
Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs continues this Tuesday night at the
AT&T Center with Game 5 of what has become a best-of-three affair. BetAnySports
has opened the Spurs as 6.5-point home favorites in the 8 p.m. (ET) tip
on TNT and the total for the game has been set at 199.5. The total has
held steady but the point spread has creeped up to to the Spurs -7.



The Thunder were able to ties this series at two games apiece with a
huge fourth quarter effort in Sunday’s 111-97 win in Game 4 at home as
slight two-point favorites. The total in that game went OVER 199. This
followed a tough four-point loss at home in Game 3 as 2.5-point
underdogs on BetAnySports’ closing betting line. The total stayed UNDER 200 in that contest, but it has gone OVER in five of their last seven games.



Kevin Durant led the charge in Sunday’s win and after outscoring the
Spurs on his own in the final quarter of that game he ended the day with
a game-high 41 points. Durant has been Oklahoma City’s leading scorer
both in the regular season (28.2 points) and through nine postseason
games with an average 26.8 points. Russell Westbrook has been a close
second with 24.2 points per game and the team as a whole is averaging
106.3 points in the playoffs.



San Antonio bounced back from a stunning 98-97 loss at home in Game 2 as
a 7.5-point favorite by covering on the road in Game 3. It is now 5-3
against the spread in eight postseason contests with the total staying
UNDER in five of those games. The Spurs’ loss at home in Game 2 was just
their second in 45 games at the AT&T Center this season. They come
into this contest with a profitable 26-19 record ATS on their home
court.



Tony Parker turned back the clock a bit in Sunday’s loss with a
team-high 22 points, but it has been the combination of LaMarcus
Aldridge and Kawhi Leonard that has done the most damage in the
postseason with each player averaging just over 22 points a game. This
was the first time the Spurs allowed more than 100 points in these
playoffs and they are averaging 103.8 points a game.



The back and forth nature of this series points in the direction of San
Antonio for Tuesday night and I would have to agree. Lay the 6.5 points
on BetAnySports’ current betting line and take the Spurs to cover at home.

NBA Playoffs Tuesday Preview & Free Pick- Oklahoma City at San Antonio Game 5 - Handicappers Hideaway