Trail Blazers vs Thunder NBA Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com

The Portland Trail Blazers and the Oklahoma City Thunder will meet on the court at Chesapeake Energy Arena on Tuesday in a battle of division rivals.

Oddsmakers currently have the Thunder listed as 5-point favorites versus the Trail Blazers, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

Portland was a 93-88 loser in its last match on the road against the Clippers. They failed to cover the 3?point spread as underdogs, while the total score of 181 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.

The Thunder were a 100-87 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Mavericks. They failed to cover the 2.5?point spread as favorites, while the total score (187) made winners of UNDER bettors.

Portland:
Team record: 3-1 SU, 2-2 ATS

The total has gone UNDER in 8 of last 9 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of last 16 games when playing Oklahoma City
is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City

When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing LA Lakers are 7-3
After playing LA Clippers are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4

Oklahoma City:
Team record: 5-1 SU, 2-4 ATS

The total has gone UNDER in 8 of last 9 games when playing at home against Portland
is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
is 19-5 SU in its last 24 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of last 16 games when playing Portland

When playing on Tuesday are 3-7
Before playing Houston are 6-4
After playing Dallas are 7-3
After a loss are 7-3

Next up:
Portland home to LA Lakers, Thursday, January 5
Oklahoma City home to Houston, Friday, January 6