Portland Trail Blazers vs Oklahoma City Thunder Prediction, 12/19/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Oklahoma City Thunder

Date: Monday, December 19, 2022

Location: Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, OK

TV: Bally Sports Oklahoma

Odds/Point Spread: Portland (-4)

Paycom Center is the site where the Oklahoma City Thunder will try to beat the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday. Oklahoma City opens this game as 4-point dogs. The over/under is 224.

The Trail Blazers stepped onto the hardwood against the Rockets and earned the victory with a final of 107-95 in their last game. Portland finished the contest having earned a 47.1% FG percentage (40 of 85) and made 13 of their 36 3-point attempts. At the free throw line, the Trail Blazers knocked down 14 of 19 attempts for a rate of 73.7%. Concerning getting rebounds, they earned 36 with 10 of them being of the offensive variety. They also distributed 20 assists for the game while creating 15 turnovers and getting 8 steals. In reference to defending, Portland allowed their opponent to shoot 40.0% from the floor on 36 of 90 shooting. Houston earned 19 dimes and had 7 steals for this game. In addition, Houston collected 51 boards (18 offensive, 33 defensive) and got 4 blocked shots. Houston walked away from this one shooting 69.0% from the charity stripe by converting 20 of 29 attempts. They converted 3 of 29 shots from 3-point range. When discussing personal fouls, the Trail Blazers ended up finishing with 20 while the Rockets totaled 18 personal fouls.

Anfernee Simons is one guy who was a factor for this game. Simons went 52.4% from the floor and distributed 2 assists. He played for 33 minutes played and collected 1 rebound. He ended up finishing with 32 points on 11 out of 21 shooting.

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Portland will enter this game with a win-loss record of 17-13 so far this year. They turn the ball over 15.2 times per game and as a group are committing 19.9 fouls every game. As a team, Portland is grabbing 43.1 boards per game and has tallied 719 dimes so far this season, which is 18th in the NBA in terms of passing the ball. The Trail Blazers are shooting 38.8% on three-point attempts (384 of 990) and 77.4% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 112.3 points per game (18th in basketball) while going 47.6% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Trail Blazers are forcing 13.8 turnovers every game while drawing 21.5 personal fouls. They are giving up 35.7% on 3-pointers and they are 11th in the league in PPG allowed (111.7). The Trail Blazers are allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 47.4% (1,241 of 2,620) and they surrender 41.7 rebounds per contest as a basketball team. They are ranked 27th in the NBA in giving up assists to the opposition with 773 relinquished so far this season.

In their last game, the Thunder took home the win by a final score of 115-109 against the Grizzlies. The Thunder pulled down 44 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards totaling 53 in this matchup. They gave up possession of the ball 9 times, while recording 7 steals in this game. The Grizzlies earned 20 fouls for the matchup which took the Thunder to the free throw line for 31 shots. They were able to make 20 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 64.5%. With respect to three-point shots, Oklahoma City converted 19 of 45 attempts (42.2%). Overall, the Thunder ended up shooting 38 for 92 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 41.3%. The Thunder allowed the Grizzlies to bury 34 out of 90 attempts from the field which had them shooting 37.8% for this game. They went 26.7% from three-point range by connecting on 12 of 45 and finished the game at 29 out of 37 from the free throw line (78.4%). In regard to rebounding, Oklahoma City permitted Memphis to pull down 53 in all (10 on the offensive side).

Luguentz Dort ended up being important for the Thunder in the game. Dort tallied 24 points in his 31 minutes on the court and accounted for 4 assists in the game. He knocked down 8 of 14 for this game giving him a field goal percentage of 57.1%, and had 7 rebounds.

Oklahoma City has a win-loss mark of 12-18 on the campaign. The Thunder are responsible for committing 21.6 fouls per game and they hit 79.2% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 24.5 times per contest (17th in basketball) and they turn it over 14.3 times per game. Oklahoma City has scored 3,459 points on the campaign (115.3 per game) and they pull down 44.9 boards per game. As an offense, the Thunder are shooting 46.0% from the field, which is ranked 21st in the NBA.

The Thunder are ranked 27th in the NBA in PPG allowed with 117.0. They are able to force 16.8 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 46.4% from the floor (10th in the NBA). The Oklahoma City defense allows 36.3% on shots from beyond the perimeter (393 of 1,084) and their opponents are making 78.1% of their shots from the free throw line. They concede 24.5 assists and 48.5 rebounds on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 11th and 30th in the league.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Portland (-4)

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