Last Updated on March 16, 2009 11:25 am by Anthony Rome
The San Antonio Spurs hit the road Monday night to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder. Let’s take a look at the odds, trends, injuries and hand out a NBA Free Pick for this matchup.
Tip off: 8:05PM ET
Odds: Oddsmakers from online sports book SPORTSBETTING.COM have made San Antonio 5-point favorite.
Over/Under Total: 189
Top Public Betting Trends:
All games in this series since 1996
SAN ANTONIO is 29-27 against the spread versus OKLAHOMA CITY since 1996
SAN ANTONIO is 36-21 straight up against OKLAHOMA CITY since 1996
27 of 53 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games over the last 3 seasons
SAN ANTONIO is 6-2 against the spread versus OKLAHOMA CITY over the last 3 seasons
SAN ANTONIO is 7-1 straight up against OKLAHOMA CITY over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
All games played at OKLAHOMA CITY since 1996
OKLAHOMA CITY is 14-12 against the spread versus SAN ANTONIO since 1996
OKLAHOMA CITY is 14-13 straight up against SAN ANTONIO since 1996
15 of 24 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996
Games played at OKLAHOMA CITY over the last 3 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 3-1 against the spread versus OKLAHOMA CITY over the last 3 seasons
SAN ANTONIO is 3-1 straight up against OKLAHOMA CITY over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
Key Injuries:
SAN ANTONIO
[C] 02/01/2009 – Ian Mahinmi is expected to miss 6-10 weeks (Ankle)
[G] 03/09/2009 – Manu Ginobili is expected to miss another 1-2 weeks (Shin)
[C] 03/06/2009 – Drew Gooden is expected to miss at least 1 week. (Groin)
OKLAHOMA CITY
[F] 10/10/2008 – D.J. White is out indefinitely (Jaw)
[F] 01/29/2009 – Desmond Mason expected to miss the rest of the season (Knee)
Free Pick: Our free pick for this game is Spurs -5.
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Posted: 3/16/09 11:25AM ET