Yesterday’s Results for San Antonio Spurs vs Oklahoma City Thunder

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Pick: San Antonio Spurs vs Oklahoma City Thunder Under 229 (-110) (Consensus Line)

Analysis: Both of these teams have been involved in several higher-scoring games of late. Still, I'm anticipating a very defensive battle now that they've each moved on to the NBA Western Cup Final, and because of that, I'm taking the under in this particular contest. The Spurs have won four of their last five, including a high-scoring 132-119 win over the Lakers to advance to this contest. San Antonio is welcoming back star center "Wemby" today, so that's clearly going to help out the team on both ends of the court. Maybe surprisingly, this is the first game of the year between the clubs, but in their final regular-season matchup last season, OKC won by a score of 146-132. I'm expecting a much more defensive battle this time around. The Thunder average 123.6 points per game, while allowing 106.2 (which is ranked first), while San Antonio averages 125.3 PPG, while allowing 120.5. Ultimately, I think it'll be the Thunder's league-leading defensive play that dictates the tempo in this one, so because of that, I'm on the under ***WESTERN CONFERENCE NON DIVISION TOY