Portland Trail Blazers vs Oklahoma City Thunder Prediction, Preview and Odds - 01/31/2022

Game Time: 8:00 pm ET, Monday, January 31, 2022

Venue:  Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Where to Watch:  BSOK

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers -3, Thunder +3; Over/Under:  NL points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers NL, Thunder NL; Over/Under:  NL points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers NL, Thunder NL; Over/Under:  NL points

 

Portland Trail Blazers:  21-28 (4th place, Northwest Division)

Oklahoma City Thunder:  14-34 (5th place, Northwest Division)

 

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Portland Trail Blazers:  6-4 last 10

Oklahoma City Thunder:  1-9 last 10

 

 

 

The Trail Blazers are coming into this game with a 21-28 record overall and they are 7-15 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have lost 2 of their last 3 games but are coming into this one off of a win in their last game which snapped a 2 game losing streak that they were on. Their 2 losses in that span were against the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Dallas Mavericks while their win came against the Houston Rockets in their last game. They still have a game against the Chicago Bulls on Sunday that still needs to be played first with that result still pending so this will be the 2nd leg of a back-to-back for them on Monday night. In their game against the Rockets, Anfernee Simons led the team in points in that game with 27 while CJ McCollum was next on the team with 26 points. Jusuf Nurkić also scored 25 points in that one as well. Simons also led the team in assists in that game with 6 while Nurkić led the team in rebounds with 13. They were 56.8% from the field, 43.6% from 3-point range, and 80% from the free throw line with their shooting in that game. Their offense is averaging 108.8 PPG and their defense is averaging their opponents to average 112.3 PPG against them. The Trail Blazers have an ATS record of 21-28 this season and their O/U record is 24-24-1.

 

 

The Thunder are coming into this game with a 14-34 record overall and they are 8-16 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. Their last win was against the Brooklyn Nets but they have gone on a 7 game losing streak since then with losses coming against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Dallas Mavericks, the San Antonio Spurs, the Charlotte Hornets, the Cavaliers again, the Chicago Bulls, and the Indiana Pacers in their last game. Luguentz Dort led the team in points in that game with 27 while Josh Giddey was next on the team with 15 points. Giddey led the team in assists in that game with 5 and he also led the team in rebounds with 10. They were 45.3% from the field, 32.6% from 3-point range, and 58.8% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 100.8 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 108 PPG against them. The Thunder have an ATS record of 29-17-2 this season and their O/U record is 20-28.

 

 

The Trail Blazers are coming into this game as a 3 point favorite with the current betting odds according to Draftkings Sportsbook. The Trail Blazers have been playing quite well ever since losing Damian Lillard for the next little while and they have been picking up a lot of wins with their depth really stepping up. The Thunder have been having an awful season and they have only won 1 game in over 10. They blew 3 different leads in their last game and ended up losing the game in OT at home against the Pacers after losing another lead in OT. The Thunder cannot be trusted recently and the Trail Blazers have at least been playing well. The best bet to place in this game is on the Trail Blazers to cover the spread here. 

 

Trail Blazers Thunder Prediction:  Our NBA Pick for Monday, January 31, 2022 (8:00 pm ET start time) is Trail Blazers 118 Thunder 107.

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Portland Trail Blazers: 36-23 O/U as a road underdog. 21-17 O/U vs. division opponents. 30-18 O/U when playing only their 2nd game in 5 days. 33-15 O/U after covering 4 or 5 of their last 6 against the spread.

Oklahoma City Thunder: 30-17 ATS in all games. 14-7 ATS as a home underdog. 15-8 ATS in home games. 29-13 ATS in January games. 18-12 ATS vs. division opponents. 10-3 ATS when playing 6 or less games in 14 days.

 

 

Portland Trail Blazers:  D. Smith Jr. (PG) Prob Sun - Leg injury. C. Elleby (SF) Out Sun - Hamstring injury. R. Covington (SF) Prob Sun - Knee injury. N. Powell (SG) Prob Sun - Knee injury. N. Little (SF) out for season - Shoulder injury. C. Zeller (PF) Early April - Knee injury. L. Nance Jr. (SF) Early Feb - Knee injury. D. Lillard (PG) Mid March - Abdominal injury.

Oklahoma City Thunder:  S. Gilgeous-Alexander (PG) Late Feb - Ankle injury. D. Favors (PF) Ques Mon - Back injury. V. Krejci (PG) Late Feb - Ankle injury.

 

 

 

"That's how we like to play. We're just moving the basketball. We try to take what the defense gives us. ... That's beautiful for us to be playing like that." - Chauncey Billups on his team’s win against the Rockets on Friday night.

 

 

"I thought the third quarter just got a little clunky. There were a bunch of reviews. It kind of broke the rhythm, I thought, for both teams" - Mark Daigneault on his team’s loss against the Pacers on Friday night.

 

 

 

PG     Anfernee Simons

SG     CJ McCollum

SF     Norman Powell

PF     Robert Covington

C      Jusuf Nurkic

 

PG     Tre Mann

SG     Josh Giddey

SF     Aaron Wiggins

PF     Luguentz Dort

C     Jeremiah Robinson-Earl

 

 

PPG: D. Lillard (24)

APG: D. Lillard (7.3)

Reb/G: J. Nurkic (10.8)

 

PPG: S. Gilgeous-Alexander (22.7)

APG: J. Giddey (6.1)

Reb/G: J. Giddey (7.5)

 

Coaches:

Portland Trail Blazers: Chauncey Billups (1st season)

Oklahoma City Thunder: Mark Daigneault (3rd season)