NBA Playoff Betting: Nuggets vs. Thunder
This is Game 2 of a best of seven series and will be played at the Oklahoma City Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 8PM EST.
Kevin Durant was a beast and Denver could do nothing to stop him. He had 41 points with 13 for 22 shooting and 12 out of 15 free the free throw line. Russell Westbrook was a mini-beast as he chipped in with 31 points as both players set career high marks. However, the Thunder only managed to narrowly survive with a 107-103 win in Game 1. OKC shot over 47% from beyond the 3-point arc in the first game. One event in that game was a goal tending call was not made that should have been disallowed from Kendrick Perkins near the end of the game. This was a tough pill for the Nuggets and Coach George Karl to swallow.
Denver was a bit rattled after the no call and allowed the game to slip away. Now they will have Arron Affalo out with a strained hamstring for Game 2. The best player of the night was Denver’s center Nene as he added 22 points with 9 for 11 shooting and had eight boards for the game to go with two steal. The Nuggets shot just 25% from the 3-point line in the first game and must do a much better job of that to win.
It appears that the Thunder are a better team and is a good pick to win it all. Check out our NBA Playoff Preview for a better perspective. The odds have OKC -5 to win. A few trends I like for this are the Thunder are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game and are 6-2-1 ATS in their last 9 Wednesday games. Also the Thunder are 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games playing on 2 days rest with a 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 games following a ATS loss. Bet OKC Thunder -5[ad#Table-bdog-sbook-betus]
