NBA Christmas Day betting action sees the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/strong> taking on the San Antonio Spurs<\/strong> on Thursday December 25 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. \u00a0Cappers Picks provides free NBA handicapping tips all season long.<\/p>\n Thank goodness the Thunder got their stars back so we can enjoy this matchup on Christmas day.<\/p>\n Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> (13-16) vs. San Antonio Spurs<\/a> (18-11)<\/strong> Click here to view today’s… ATS Matchup Insight<\/a> | CP Insider Gambling Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Note: As of 11pm ET Christmas Eve. Thunder are listing Kevin Durant as out for tomorrow’s game vs the Spurs with a sprained right ankle.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n They are making a move but beating the Spurs is always a challenge.<\/p>\n The Thunder come into this showcase game off a thriller of a home loss to Portland in overtime.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63742&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n OKC has been playing much better since the return to the lineup of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook but they have struggled of late losing 3 of 4.<\/p>\n All of the losses were against good to great teams so it could just be life in the super competitive Western Conference.<\/p>\n This team has formed a defensive identity this season which still seems out of character, especially now that their stars are back.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Kevin Durant got hurt in their loss to Golden State and has not played the last three games with his status questionable.<\/p>\n With him in and out of the lineup Russell Westbook has gone off. He has scored at least 28 points in each of his last 7 games capped by 40 in the OT loss to Portland.<\/p>\n He and Trailblazers PG Damian Lillard had an old fashioned battle as they both dropped 40 points in the contest.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63727&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n He is red hot and Parker might be off so lookout.<\/p>\n The Spurs are doing their usual manage the regular season thing this season.<\/p>\n Their record is solid but unspectacular and they are in 4th place in their own division. As it stands they are in 7th place in the West, a spot much lower than they are accustomed to.<\/p>\n Due to the timing of this game we can expect to see all hands on deck for this one. The lone exception is Kawhi Leonard. He has a hand injury and has missed the last few contests as a result.<\/p>\n This is a game where his absence could be felt.<\/p>\n Tony Parker is a marvel. He has not played in every game this season but he is still doing what he does best which is shoot a very high percentage while managing the team effectively.<\/p>\n This season he has been on fire from deep making an amazing 64% of his threes.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63741&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n He has missed a lot of time this month but he is not on the injured list and they will need him to play well to beat OKC on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n I think this will be the best game of the day on Christmas.<\/p>\n 4* NBA Score prediction: \u00a0Oklahoma City 103 – San Antonio 102<\/strong><\/p>\n Leonard\u2019s absence will be felt so I am going to throw this one to the underdog Thunder as they look to make a statement and begin a run back to the playoffs.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63706&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NBA: Thunder vs Spurs Predictions NBA Christmas Day betting action sees the Oklahoma City Thunder taking on the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday December 25 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. \u00a0Cappers Picks provides free NBA handicapping tips all season long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":62625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[53145,4045,5595,3942,749,2381,8471,42035,4027,42039],"class_list":["post-91183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-53145","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-free-nba-predictions","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-nba-odds","tag-nba-picks","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder-vs-san-antonio-spurs","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-thunder-vs-spurs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91183","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\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91183"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91216,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91183\/revisions\/91216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\n Thursday December 25<\/strong>
\n 2:30PM<\/strong>
\n AT&T Center – San Antonio, TX<\/strong>
\n ABC<\/strong>
\n NBA Betting Lines: \u00a0Spurs -5<\/strong>
\n NBA Betting Total: \u00a0OFF as of Dec 24th 7:00pmET<\/strong>
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