6:30 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Lakers -5.5, Over/Under: 217.5 As one team will sit back satisfied in clinching the top seed in the West, the other finds themselves embroiled in a dogfight for positioning in the standings, as the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers face off from ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. When projecting the Playoff Field in the Western Conference, few people would have pegged the Thunder (41-25, … [Read more...]
Basketball is BACK!!!
The NBA returns to conclude it's 2019-2020 Regular Season under the most unusual of circumstances in order to crown a champion at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. Here's what you need to know before the majority of the league officially gets back to business on Thursday. Thursday, July 30th will mark the long awaited return of the National Basketball Association, who will attempt to conclude their 2019-2020 campaign in a … [Read more...]
Portland Trail Blazers @ Oklahoma City Thunder: Game Three
9:30 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Thunder -7.5, Over/Under: 221.5 After the first two gams of their First Round Series went to the home side, the Third-Seeded Portland Trail Blazers head to Oklahoma City to face the Sixth-Seeded Thunder in an attempt to take a commanding 3-0 lead, from Chesapeake Energy Arena. For the sixth consecutive season, the Trail Blazers (53-29, 4th in Western Conference) are back in the Playoffs, though this time we would … [Read more...]
Houston Rockets @ Oklahoma City Thunder
9:30 PM EST, TNT - Line: Rockets -2, Over/Under: 230 On the penultimate night of the Regular Season, we get a potential Playoff Preview, as the surging Houston Rockets travel to Chesapeake Energy Arena to battle the Oklahoma City Thunder. We know that you're all tired of hearing it, but no team has been hotter since the All-Star Break than the Rockets (53-28, 3rd in Western Conference), who have won twenty out of their last twenty-four games, … [Read more...]
Indiana Pacers @ Oklahoma City Thunder
8:00 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Thunder -6, Over/Under: 214.5 A pair of Playoff Teams struggling down the stretch look to stop the bleeding tonight at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the Thunder host the Indiana Pacers in a matchup featuring teams with a great deal of connective tissue. In many respects, we could all see this coming for the Pacers (45-29, 4th in Eastern Conference), who despite providing bullish resistance, … [Read more...]
Oklahoma City Thunder @ Utah Jazz
9:05 PM EST - Line: Jazz -3, Over/Under: 226 With the Playoffs on the horizon, what better way to warm up for the Postseason than with a rematch from last year, as the Utah Jazz play host to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a clash of western powers form Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah? If you're one of those individuals who takes considerable in momentum this time of year, then you're probably concerned for the Thunder (40-26, … [Read more...]
Oklahoma City Thunder @ Denver Nuggets
10:30 PM EST, TNT - Line: Nuggets -3, Over/Under: 238 With the All-Star Break firmly in the rearview mirror, all eyes are on the race to the Playoffs and the teams jockeying for positioning in the always convoluted Western Conference, as two such franchises, the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Denver Nuggets meet tonight at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. After winning eleven of thirteen outings heading into the Break, the Thunder (38-21, 3rd … [Read more...]
Portland Trail Blazers @ Oklahoma City Thunder
8:00 PM EST - Line: Thunder -6, Over/Under: 230.5 With the All-Star Break looming, a pair of western powers jockeying for position meet tonight in a key battle as the Portland Trail Blazers travel to Chesapeake Energy Arena to face off against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Sitting in Fourth Place in the Western Conference and three games behind their opponent tonight in the standings, the Trail Blazers (33-22, 4th in Western Conference) look to get … [Read more...]
Utah Jazz @ Oklahoma City Thunder: Game One
6:30 PM EST, TNT - Line: Thunder -3.5, Over/Under: 206 The Game of Musical Chairs has ended in the Western Conference, with the Playoff Seeding finally set as the Fourth-Seed Oklahoma City Thunder host the Fifth-Seed Utah Jazz in Game One of their First Round Series from Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It would be impossible to come away from the Regular Season and look at the Jazz (48-34, 5th in Western Conference) as … [Read more...]
Oklahoma City Thunder @ Houston Rockets
8:30 PM EST, ABC - Line: Rockets -6.5, Over/Under: 219.5 With the Playoffs on the horizon, there is still much to be settled in terms of Seeding, particularly in the Western Conference, where a pair of teams that met in last year's First Round renew acquaintances, as the League-Leading Houston Rockets host the Oklahoma city Thunder from Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The West has been crazy for the better part of two decades now, but this … [Read more...]