Oklahoma City Thunder vs Cleveland Cavaliers Prediction, 12/10/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Saturday, December 10, 2022

Location: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

The Oklahoma City Thunder are en route to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Saturday where they will attempt to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Thunder faced off with the Grizzlies and went home with a loss by a final score of 123-102 in their last contest. In the matter of fouls, the Thunder ended up finishing with 16 while the Grizzlies finished the game with 19 fouls. They made 14 out of their 38 tries from downtown. Memphis finished 81.3% when shooting free throws by making 13 of 16 attempts. Moreover, Memphis snagged 50 rebounds (10 offensive, 40 defensive) and had 3 blocked shots. Memphis recorded 32 assists and had 13 steals in this contest. In relation to defense, Oklahoma City let their opponent shoot 51.1% from the field on 48 of 94 shooting. They also recorded 25 dimes for this game as well as creating 14 turnovers and having 9 steals. With regard to pulling down rebounds, they collected a total of 48 with 14 of them being of the offensive variety. From the charity stripe, the Thunder buried 20 of 23 shots for a percentage of 87.0%. Oklahoma City wrapped up the game with a 37.0% FG percentage (34 out of 92) and knocked down 14 out of their 38 3-point attempts.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a guy who had an impact for the game. He accumulated 26 points on 4 of 14 shooting. He saw the court for 34 minutes played and totaled 3 rebounds. Gilgeous-Alexander finished 28.6% from the floor and recorded 7 dimes.

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Oklahoma City enters this game with a win-loss record of 11-14 on the year. They turn it over 14.4 times per contest and as a team they are committing 21.5 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Oklahoma City is collecting 44.9 boards per game and is sitting with 606 assists for the campaign, which is 18th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Thunder are shooting 34.0% on shots from downtown (291 of 855) and 79.5% from the free throw line. They have an average of 116.4 points per outing (6th in the NBA) while hitting 46.0% from the field.

On defense, the Thunder are forcing 17.5 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 19.9 fouls. They are currently ranked 13th in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 622 surrendered so far this season. The Thunder defensively are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 46.9% (1,071 of 2,283) and they concede 48.8 boards per game as a group. They give up 35.7% on three-point shots and they rank 29th in the NBA in points per game from their opponents (117.9).

In their last game, the Cavaliers went home victorious with a score of 116-102 when they played the Lakers. The Cavaliers collected 35 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds totaling 44 for the game. They also turned it over 7 times, while earning 11 steals for the contest. The Lakers earned 13 fouls in the matchup which got the Cavaliers to the charity stripe for a total of 17 shots. They were able to convert 13 of the free throws for a rate of 76.5%. With regard to 3-point shots, Cleveland buried 7 out of their 27 tries (25.9%). When this game wrapped up, the Cavaliers finished the game shooting 48 out of 93 from the floor which had them at 51.6%. The Cavaliers permitted the Lakers to convert 38 of their 89 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 42.7% for this contest. They finished shooting 16.7% from distance by going 6 of 36 and walked away from this one shooting 20 of 24 from the free throw line (83.3%). In regard to how they rebounded, Cleveland permitted Los Angeles to pull down 43 in total (14 on the offensive side).

Donovan Mitchell was important for the Cavaliers for the contest. He knocked down 17 out of 27 in this contest for a field goal percentage of 63.0%, and added 6 rebounds. Mitchell had 43 points in his 40 mins on the court and had 5 dimes for the contest.

Cleveland has a win-loss mark of 16-9 for the year. The Cavaliers have committed 19.4 personal fouls per game and they hit 80.6% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 23.5 times per contest (23rd in the league) and they turn it over 14.8 times per game. Cleveland has accounted for 2,788 points on the campaign (111.5 per contest) and they collect 43.1 boards per game. As an offense, the Cavaliers are shooting 47.7% from the floor, which is 9th in the league.

The Cavaliers on the defensive end are ranked 1st in basketball in points allowed per game with 104.9. They are forcing 15.2 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 45.4% from the field (4th in basketball). The Cleveland defense allows 34.5% on 3-pointers (274 of 794) and opponents are connecting on 76.6% of their foul shots. They have surrendered 22.6 dimes and 40.0 total rebounds per game, which ranks them 4th and 2nd in the NBA.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Cleveland and under the total points

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