Portland Trail Blazers vs Oklahoma City Thunder Prediction, 4/5/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Oklahoma City Thunder

Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Location: Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, OK

TV: Bally Sports OK

The Oklahoma City Thunder (23-55) will go up against the Portland Trail Blazers (27-51) at Paycom Center on Tuesday.

The Trail Blazers faced off with the Spurs and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 113-92 in their last game. In the matter of personal fouls, the Trail Blazers walked away with 22 and the Spurs finished the game with 12 personal fouls. They buried 14 out of their 42 shots from downtown. San Antonio walked away from this one shooting 76.7% at the free throw line by knocking down 23 of 30 shots. On top of that, San Antonio collected 41 boards (10 offensive, 31 defensive) and had 4 blocked shots. San Antonio distributed 51 dimes and had 25 steals for this contest. When discussing the defense, Portland allowed the other team to shoot 45.2% from the field on 38 of 84 shooting. They also recorded 22 assists in this matchup while forcing the other team into 1 turnovers and earning 7 steals. In terms of grabbing rebounds, they collected a total of 39 with 7 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Trail Blazers made 10 of 15 shots for a percentage of 66.7%. Portland walked away from the game with a 39.3% field goal percentage (33 out of 84) and knocked down 16 of their 45 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Keon Johnson is a player who came through for the game. Johnson ended up shooting 53.3% from the floor and also dished out 2 assists. He played 25 mins played and grabbed 3 rebounds. He notched 19 points on 8 out of 15 shooting.

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Portland heads into this contest with a win-loss mark of 27-51 on the year. They have an average of 107.2 pts per contest (25th in the NBA) while shooting 44.4% from the floor. The Trail Blazers are shooting 34.8% from downtown (1,005 of 2,888) and 75.9% from the charity stripe. As a team, Portland is grabbing 43.4 boards per contest and has accounted for 1,787 assists for the year, which ranks 26th in the league in terms of passing the rock. They cough up possession 14.3 times per game and as a basketball team are committing 20.9 fouls per game.

On defense, the Trail Blazers are able to force 14.0 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 19.6 fouls. They are currently ranked 30th in the league in allowing assists to their opponents with 2,090 relinquished on the year. The Trail Blazers defense is giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 47.9% (3,211 of 6,710) and they concede 44.4 rebounds per game as a group. They relinquish 37.2% on 3-pointers and they are 28th in the NBA in points per game from their opponents (115.1).

In their last game, the Thunder got the victory with a final of 117-96 when they played the Suns. The Thunder corralled 42 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive rebounds for a total of 54 in this game. They also gave up possession of the ball 16 times, while recording 7 steals in the game. The Suns committed 11 personal fouls for the contest which got the Thunder to the charity stripe for a total of 18 attempts. They were able to knock down 14 of the free throw tries for a rate of 77.8%. In the matter of three-point attempts, Oklahoma City converted 17 of 41 tries (41.5%). When the final whistle blew, the Thunder finished shooting 43 for 87 from the floor which had them shooting 49.4%. The Thunder permitted the Suns to bury 37 out of 89 attempts from the floor which left them shooting 41.6% for the contest. They finished 18.4% from distance by shooting 7 out of 38 and ended up shooting 15 of 17 at the free throw line (88.2%). Concerning cleaning the glass, Oklahoma City allowed Phoenix to collect 27 in total (6 on the offensive side).

Olivier Sarr was important for the Thunder in the game. Sarr racked up 24 points in his 22 minutes on the court and accounted for 1 assist in this game. He knocked down 9 out of 12 for this game giving him a rate of 75.0%, and totaled 6 rebounds.

Oklahoma City has a record of 23-55 for the year. The Thunder commit 18.2 personal fouls per contest and they go 76.1% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 22.3 times per game (27th in the league) and they are losing possession via turnover 14.0 times per game. Oklahoma City has totaled 8,118 pts on the year (104.1 per game) and they pull down 45.9 rebounds per contest. On the offensive side of the court, the Thunder are hitting on 43.0% from the field, which has them ranked 30th in the league.

The Oklahoma City defense surrenders 35.1% on shots from 3-point land (1,065 of 3,037) and opponents are making 77.1% of their shots from the free throw line. They have conceded 26.1 dimes and 48.3 boards per contest, which is 28th and 30th in the NBA. The Thunder on the defensive side of the court are 15th in the NBA in points given up per game with 111.3. They are able to force 13.3 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 45.5% from the field (11th in basketball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Oklahoma City

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