Portland Trail Blazers vs Oklahoma City Thunder Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/05/2022

Game Time: 8:00 pm ET, Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Venue:  Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK 

Where to Watch:  BSOK

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers +3.5, Thunder -3.5; Over/Under:  223.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers +3.5, Thunder -3.5; Over/Under:  223.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers +3.5, Thunder -3.5; Over/Under:  223.5 points

 

Portland Trail Blazers:  27-51 (4th place, Northwest Division)

Oklahoma City Thunder:  23-55 (5th place, Northwest Division)

 

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Portland Trail Blazers:  1-9 last 10

Oklahoma City Thunder:  3-7 last 10

 

 

 

The Trail Blazers are coming into this game with a 27-51 record overall and they are 10-28 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have lost 11 of their last 12 games and are coming into this one on a 7 game losing streak. Their last win was against the Detroit Pistons while their 7 losses since then have come against the San Antonio Spurs, the Houston Rockets twice, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the New Orleans Pelicans, and the Spurs again in their last 2 games. Keon Johnson and Ben McLemore off the bench both led the team in points in that game with 19 each while Greg Brown was next on the team with 14 points. Brandon Williams led the team in assists in that game with 7 while Drew Eubanks led the team in rebounds with 13. They were 39.3% from the field, 35.6% from 3-point range, and 66.7% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 107.2 PPG and their defense is averaging their opponents to average 115.1 PPG against them. The Trail Blazers have an ATS record of 30-47-1 this season and their O/U record is 37-40-1.

 

 

The Thunder are coming into this game with a 23-55 record overall and they are 11-29 in their home 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 Atlanta Hawks and the Detroit Pistons while their win came against the Phoenix Suns in their last game. Olivier Sarr off the bench led the team in points in that game with 24 while Aleksej Pokuševski and Aaron Wiggins were both next on the team with 17 points each. Pokuševski led the team in assists in that game with 12 and he also led the team in rebounds with 10. They were 49.4% from the field, 41.5% from 3-point range, and 77.8% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 104.1 PPG and their defense is averaging their opponents to average 111.3 PPG against them. The Thunder have an ATS record of 47-27-4 this season and their O/U record is 39-39.

 

 

The Trail Blazers have been awful coming into this game and they have not been able to play well in any of their games or even keep them close as they keep getting blown out now. They have lost their last 7 straight games and 6 of them were by double digits. The one game they did not lose by double digits was actually a loss against the Thunder in OT but that game was also at home for them where they have played much better this season. They are going to be on the road in this game and going up against a Thunder team that has played much better in their games recently. The Thunder have won 2 of their last 4 games and they are coming off of a win at home against the Suns in their last game. The Suns did not have Devin Booker playing in that game but Chris Paul was still playing and the Thunder still beat them with almost none of their starters playing. Both the Trail Blazers and the Thunder here have pretty much sat most of their starters for the rest of the season and are trying to play more younger players. The Thunder have been playing much better than the Trail Blazers have though and considering that the Thunder just beat them on the road when they were not even playing as well then, the Thunder will be the ones who come out of this game with the win, covering the spread

 

Trail Blazers Thunder Prediction:  Our NBA Pick for Tuesday, April 5, 2022 (8:00 pm ET start time) is Thunder 102 Trail Blazers 96.

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Portland Trail Blazers: 18-34 ATS as an underdog. 13-25 ATS in road games. 45-29 OVER as a road underdog.

Oklahoma City Thunder: 49-27 ATS in all games. 36-18 ATS after 2 or more consecutive unders. 23-17 OVER as a favorite.

 

 

Portland Trail Blazers:  T. Watford (SF) Mid April - Knee injury. J. Winslow (SF) Out indefinitely - Calf injury. E. Bledsoe (PG) out for season - Achilles injury. J. Nurkic (C) out for season - Foot injury. A. Simons (SG) Out indefinitely - Knee injury. J. Hart (SG) Mid April - Knee injury. D. Lillard (PG) out for season - Abdominal injury. J. Ingles (SF) out for season - Knee injury. N. Little (SF) out for season - Shoulder injury.

Oklahoma City Thunder:  T. Mann (PG) Ques Tues - Hamstring injury. D. Bazley (SF) out for season - Knee injury. K. Williams (SG) out for season - Knee injury. D. Favors (PF) out for season - Back injury. S. Gilgeous-Alexander (PG) out for season - Ankle injury. J. Giddey (SG) out for season - Hip injury. T. Jerome (SG) out for season - Hip injury. L. Dort (SG) out for season - Shoulder injury. M. Muscala (PF) out for season - Ankle injury.

 

 

 

"We came out blazing, we just need to finish it off. I feel like we get better and better with that each game — starting off good. We've just got to maintain. We've just got to keep the pressure on the opponent so we can go ahead and get that (win)." - Greg Brown III after their loss against the Spurs on Sunday night.

 

 

"One thing Poku has worked on since he's been here is having a steady, reliable offensive game in terms of decision making. So when he goes out there and kicks it around the way he did, we trust at this point, he knows how to course correct and he obviously did settle in." - Mark Daigneault on his team’s win against the Suns on Sunday night.

 

 

 

PG     Brandon Williams

SG     Keon Johnson

SF     CJ Elleby

PF     Greg Brown III

C      Drew Eubanks

 

PG     Theo Maledon

SG     Vit Krejci

SF     Aaron Wiggins

PF     Aleksej Pokusevski

C     Isaiah Roby

 

 

PPG: D. Lillard (24)

APG: D. Lillard (7.3)

Reb/G: J. Nurkic (11.1)

 

PPG: S. Gilgeous-Alexander (24.5)

APG: J. Giddey (6.4)

Reb/G: J. Hoard (8.7)

 

Coaches:

Portland Trail Blazers: Chauncey Billups (1st season)

Oklahoma City Thunder: Mark Daigneault (3rd season)