The Thunder have an 84.7% chance to win this game based on the moneyline's implied probability. Oklahoma City has a record of 23-2 when it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -552 or shorter (winning 92%). The Rockets are 17-13 ATS on the road this season. Dunkel's Pick: Houston (+11).
The best part about being a player instead of a fan is that
we can toss a team straight into the dumpster in one game
and then hop on their backs for the next. That’s our strategy
here with Sacramento, as the Mavericks are suffering from
a case of bad Luka (slang for luck in Slovenian, although
it’s actually "nesre a") since Dallas handed the superstar to
the Lakers on a silver platter. Compounding the problem is
Anthony Davis suffered a left adductor strain on February
8, 2025, during his debut game with the Mavericks and
is scheduled to be re-evaluated on Thursday (Dallas says
AD is “making good progress in his recovery”). Our Well-
Oiled Machine reminds us that certain teams seem to bring
the best out in another squad, and for the Kings, it’s the
Mavericks. Yes, the Sac pack brings a 28-12-1 ATS mark in
this series into this contest, including 16-4-1 ATS away. They
were also holding down the No. 10 and fi nal seed in the
Western Conference playoff race at press time, so we don’t
think they’ll let this situation slip through their fi ngers.
Meanwhile, the Mavs fi nd themselves in the middle of a
Milwaukee Bucks sandwich and could likely get swallowed
up tonight. For more, we refer you to THE CLINCHER: See
this week’s AWESOME ANGLE on page 2.
word makes yet another appearance after the Rockets were beaten
to a pulp by OKC in a 111-96 loss three weeks ago. For openers,
Houie brings a solid 17-10-2 ATS mark into this game when looking
to even the score from a same-season defeat of 15 or more points,
including 12-2-1 ATS as a dog of fewer than 7 points. They are also
17-11 ATS on the highway this season and catch OKC returning
home after a ‘three road / one home / three road scenario (Thunder
lost that lone homer to Minnesota). Let’s not rule out the possibility
that OKC's players could be looking ahead to their big game with
No. 2 Memphis on deck. With the Thunder coasting along atop the
Western Conference and the Rockets in a four-way mix in a battle
for the No. 2 seed in the conference, the points are the play today.
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