Oklahoma City Thunder vs New York Knicks 3/6/2020 NBA Odds and Picks

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Oklahoma City Thunder vs New York Knicks 3/6/2020 – The New York Knicks host the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday with the latter picked to prevail by NBA odds. The Thunder are aiming for back-to-back wins while the Knicks are coming off a loss. The game is more essential to OKC to maintain its hold of 6th spot in the Western Conference. They are in between the Utah Jazz and the Dallas Mavericks and every win counts heading into the playoffs.

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The Oklahoma City Thunder know that every win counts from here on. Their wins or losses are crucial, results which could make or break their final position in the postseason wars. IIf the playoffs were played today, OKC would be facing the Denver Nuggets. OKC is struggling so far but can correct that in their remaining games. Tasked to lead the OKC offensive will be Chris Paul and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander anew. Though they are against a struggling team, stepping up on defense should be added insurance for the Thunder.

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Players to watch: S. Gilgeous-Alexander SG 61 GP 61 GS 35.4 MIN 19.2 PTS 0.7 OR 5.5 DR 6.2 REB 3.3 AST 1.1 STL 0.7 BLK 1.9 TO 1.7 PF 1.7 AST/TO 17.44 PER

D. Gallinari PF 52 GP 52 GS 30.7 MIN 19.2 PTS 0.6 OR 4.9 DR 5.5 REB 2.1 AST 0.7 STL 0.1 BLK 1.3 TO 1.2 PF 1.6 AST/TO 19.52 PER

D. Schroder PG 60 GP 1 GS 31 MIN 18.9 PTS 0.3 OR 3.4 DR 3.8 REB 4 AST 0.7 STL 0.2 BLK 2.6 TO 2.2 PF 1.5 AST/TO 16.61 PER

The New York Knicks troubles are far from over. They continue to weed out the problems from within and hope to resolve them as early as now. The task of bringing down the Thunder will not be easy though anything can happen. Julius Randle exploded in their last game and will need to replicate that against the Thunder. Aside from him, help is needed from guys like RJ Barrett and Bobby Portis. Extra effort on defense could help if New York wants to finish the season strong.

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Players to Watch: J. Randle PF 59 GP 59 GS 32.6 MIN 19.2 PTS 2.4 OR 7.4 DR 9.7 REB 3.3 AST 0.8 STL 0.4 BLK 3 TO 2.7 PF 1.1 AST/TO 17.22 PER

R. Barrett SG 51 GP 50 GS 30.4 MIN 14.1 PTS 0.9 OR 4.1 DR 5 REB 2.5 AST 0.9 STL 0.3 BLK 2.2 TO 2.2 PF 1.2 AST/TO 10.37 PER

B. Portis PF 61 GP 5 GS 20.9 MIN 9.8 PTS 1.3 OR 3.9 DR 5.1 REB 1.5 AST 0.5 STL 0.2 BLK 1.1 TO 1.7 PF 1.3 AST/TO 14.35 PER

Oklahoma City Thunder

Oklahoma City are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games.
Thunder are 15-5 SU in their last 20 games.
Oklahoma City are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games against New York.
Oklahoma City are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games against New York.
Thunder are 10-1 SU in their last 11 games on the road.
Oklahoma City are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against New York.
Oklahoma City are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games this season.
Thunder are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oklahoma City’s last 6 games against an opponent in the Atlantic Division division.

New York Knicks

New York are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New York’s last 6 games.
New York are 2-7 SU in their last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New York’s last 5 games against Oklahoma City.
New York are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games at home.
New York are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against Oklahoma City.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New York’s last 5 games this season.
New York are 1-10 SU in their last 11 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.
New York are 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games against an opponent in the Northwest Division division.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of New York’s last 15 games played in March.

Injuries

Oklahoma City Thunder

Andre Roberson SF Knee is out indefinitely
Darius Bazley PF Thumb is out indefinitely

New York Knicks

Dennis Smith Jr. PG Concussion is “?” Friday vs Oklahoma City
Mitchell Robinson C Hamstring is “?” Friday vs Oklahoma City

There is no doubt that OKC is the odds on favorite to win this one by NBA lines. The Thunder need to win as many games as possible to keep their current positioning if not improve. The Knicks are more of spoilers from here on as they try to figure out team needs. If guys like Randle or Barrett get hot, the Thunder could be in for big trouble.

Moneyline: The ML handed to the Thunder for this game is at -283 while the Knicks are at +252 at home.

ATS: -7 is given to the Thunder across the spread while on the other side of the line are the Knicks with +7.

TOTALs: 218.5 is the given total for this match with the Thunder going over and the Knicks the team under.

Score Prediction: 121 – 108 Thunder

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