{"id":34987,"date":"2011-03-04T07:56:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T15:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=34987"},"modified":"2011-03-04T07:56:52","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T15:56:52","slug":"odds-free-pick-thunder-vs-hawks-preview-4311","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/odds-free-pick-thunder-vs-hawks-preview-4311\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks Free NBA Picks | Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Atlanta Hawks Preview & Pick<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Oklahoma City vs. Atlanta
\nTonight, 7:30 p.m. ET
\nNBA betting favorite: Atlanta -3.5
\nTotal: 191 (-110)<\/strong>
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The huge question on bettors\u2019 minds for the Thunder\/Hawks matchup tonight is whether or not Kevin Durant will play. He\u2019s doubtful after spraining his ankle against the Pacers earlier this week. Because the books don\u2019t know for sure that Durant won\u2019t play, however, all the lines are currently off. It\u2019s worth checking back throughout the day, however.<\/p>\n

For handicapping this game, I think we\u2019re better off assuming Durant doesn\u2019t play tonight. While he did take shots without a protective boot on during Thursday\u2019s practice, Thunder coach Scott Brooks said Durant remains doubtful.<\/p>\n

Having lost three of four, the Thunder are squandering their lead in the Southwest division. The Nuggets, soldiering on without Carmelo Anthony, have caught them in wins (but have played four more games). So losing Durant comes at a bad time. Oklahoma City is also without Kendrick Perkins (knee), who hasn\u2019t played a game since coming over in the Jeff Green trade. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We can\u2019t underestimate how much Green\u2019s absence combined with Perkins not playing hurts Oklahoma City. Green was the Thunder\u2019s third-leading scorer and would\u2019ve been very useful tonight to help out Russell Westbrook offensively with no Durant.<\/p>\n

The Hawks, who are the NBA\u2019s seventh-best defensive team, can key on Westbrook tonight. They\u2019re won three of four, holding the Warriors, Blazers and Bulls to 83 points or fewer. The Hawks may be without Josh Smith, their top shot blocker, but Al Horford can hold the fort under the basket without him.<\/p>\n

Bettors still have to be careful with the spread when it\u2019s released, as Atlanta is 10-17 ATS at home this season. Still, I like the Hawks\u2019 chances to at least win outright tonight. The Thunder weren\u2019t playing great over their last few games even with Durant and look like they\u2019ll be without him, so things should theoretically get worse. Meanwhile, the Hawks are playing fine defensive ball of late and even managed to bottle up the mighty Bulls without Josh Smith. They should get the job done versus O.C.<\/p>\n

Trends:<\/strong><\/p>\n

OKC are 16-7 ATS in their last 23 Fri. games.
\nATL are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 Fri. games.
\nOKC are 16-5 ATS in the last 21 meetings.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Hawks 99, Thunder 90<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On Friday night its the OKC Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks. Oddsmakers currently have the odds for this game favoring the Hawks by -3.5, the over under is set at 191. Here is a preview, free pick plus the NBA betting angle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":27625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[28750,40071,8437,40970,4045,5595,470,42747,8154,4574,40072,749,2381,45896,45897,45898,45899,45900,45901],"class_list":["post-34987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-28750","tag-basketball-betting-picks","tag-basketball-predictions","tag-bet-on-nba-online","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-free-nba-predictions","tag-free-pick","tag-friday-nba-gambling-predictions","tag-nba-basketball-odds","tag-nba-free-predictions","tag-nba-gambling-prediction","tag-nba-odds","tag-nba-picks","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder-vs-atlanta-hawks","tag-oklahoma-city-vs-atlanta","tag-thunder-hawks-odds","tag-thunder-hawks-picks","tag-thunder-vs-hawks","tag-thunder-vs-hawks-free-pick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34987"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34992,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34987\/revisions\/34992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}