Rockets vs Thunder (3-27-24) NBA Expert Predictions, Picks and Best Bets
We got the Houston Rockets versus the Oklahoma City Thunder right now the Rockets are catching Seven Points Plus 210 on the money line total sitting at 231 and a half I mean I’m all over the Rockets here the Rockets have been playing um really good basketball as of
Late I mean just on an incred inredible uh run here uh their offense is playing well um defense is playing well 8 and2 ATS their last 10 uh the Thunder of course are on a backto back and you saw the Thunder you know things got a little tight there second half against the
Pelicans I was on the team total like we talked about up top where hey they had a what was a 93o game the game before offense came lights out but then they did kind of cool off there in the second half and I think the Rockets are going
To see a or the Thunder are going to see a great effort from this Rockets team uh especially a team that’s fighting for their playoff lives and they do seem it’s weird without shenon they seem to be kind of playing better offensively I don’t know if it’s the pace the spacing
Whatever but they do seem to be playing a little bit better and I think they’re GNA come in here with a chip on their shoulder I I think they’re probably live on the money line so I I like them with the seven uh how say you Chris yeah I’m
I’m with you on this one Sean I think that you know for me this is just just a market uh a market correction right because if you if you had this game if you had this spread like a month ago or pretty much at any point this season it
Makes sense I mean it’s the OKC Thunder they’re at home they’ve been consistently very elite Rockets very up and down uh but you know all the all the kind of intangibles that come into this too right the Rockets nine-game win streak when a team has a win streak
Going that that actually you know that is more fuel right for not to end um and now they’re facing a western conference rival who they figured out one time time that was way earlier this season uh but you know OKC off a really toughly fought game last night as well that game became
A lot closer than probably it should have been at certain points and and this is a travel spot right it’s it’s a travel spot back toback for OKC so when you look at the perception of these Houston Rockets it’s almost like odds makers are taking a you know consant
Look at like everything that they’ve done this year and been like oh well this is why they’re plus seven but the last month the Houston Rockets are one of the best teams in the NBA offense and defense and there’s no denying that now I know that their schedule has been pretty convenient I
Mean a lot of cupcakes in there but like we talked about before the show right like you know some confidence is still confidence you don’t know what you don’t know uh and they certainly care about their place in the west right now so I think the Thunder are gonna continue I’m
Sorry the Rockets are going to continue to fight very hard love em udoka as a coach I just I do think that he can change your culture and really instill it and this is a team that’s fighting hard and being very physical on defense which OKC might not like after a very
Physical game against the Pelicans last night so give me the Rockets plus seven I think this should be at least I think this should be plus four and a half yeah especially you talk the physicality especially in that second half as things uh seemingly tightened up slow down a
Little bit and yeah they they’ve been playing some kind of not great teams but they’re they are winning by margin you know they beat the Blazers uh by 18 they beat the Bulls by 10 they beat the Cavs by 14 you know Cavs I think were a
Little banged up there but they had a eight Point Road win against the Kings uh that’s a solid win so I get it uh I you know do I obviously they’re not the best team in the west right now uh with this win streak but still I think seven
Is a is a little bit uh much to give to this team that uh I think is going to be incredibly up for this matchup uh noops how say you Rockets Thunder a little bit here because I will say Chris I think the market has adjusted here these two teams played a
Month ago it was in Oklahoma City simple rest spot for both teams so you’ve got a little bit of a back toback here but the thunderwear 10-point favorite in that spot um covered that number pretty comfortably won the game by 17 points so we’re now looking at seven here six and
A half some places um again that looks like an adjustment for me and like you guys said I mean Houston’s playing really good but this is going to be the best team they’ played in two three weeks by a long shot here um I think again you win all these games you’re
Covering some of these numbers here I think the market has over adjusted a little bit and when when you start to talk about what Houston has done to be good here they’re playing fast it’s a young team that’s bringing a lot of energy and effort who does that sound
Like it sounds like the Oklahoma City Thunder except the Thunder have much better Talent up and down the roster Shan gildas Alexander is going to be the best player on the floor tonight jayen green is gonna have a much tougher time with either Shay Dort or Jaylen Williams
Guarding him tonight um this Thunder team is generally a team that you beat by being big most of their losses this year come to teams like Min come against teams like Milwaukee minnes the Lakers teams that are really big and who could play a lot more physically Houston
Doesn’t really have that there’s not really a center on this team and Chad hren should have a really good night tonight I just I look at the matchup here I think the Thunder are the much better team I think that everyone has been looking at Houston win all these
Games and has kind of moved a little too far but at the same time I’m not betting the Thunder I’m not going to lay seven here I make the Thunder like six and a half point favorit so again I’m pretty close to the number here but I do think
We’ve seen an adjustment from the market I do think this could be a really R rude awakening for the Rockets now that said if they can cover this number and keep this close I’m going to think much differently about Houston going forward but I think this is where the train
Starts to slow down and and maybe gets off the tracks you know I felt a lot better about the pick till we went to Alex that was H I warned you no you’re making you’re making a bunch of good points I still think seven is a hair
High come on this oku’s got these guys playing L the market hasn’t adjusted enough oh wait uh not on a not on a back to back yeah that’s the other thing noops did we sorry did we you got your uh you got your uh door in half right
Yeah I was so excited just to rip on you guys that I completely forgot through door over eight and points the guy that doesn’t have a bed on the spread on this game thanks a lot Alex I was lock all these points you were making against the
Against the uh against the Rockets I was like oh is Alex on the Thunder no he’s on he’s on Lou Dort over eight and a half points what do you like about Lou Dort tonight Alex yeah Thunder on it second it of back toback actually a pretty good team they’re a winning team
Against the spread there and for whatever reason I was going back and looking now my model has L Dort projected for a little over 11 points so that’s a pretty big variance over eight and a half but as I started to dig into the back toback L Dort shoots like
Averages I think he averages like 12 shots on the second night of a back toback versus six to seven every other night I don’t know why he Chucks when the team’s tired but he seems to so that was a nice little add-on but yeah mostly
A numbers play D again as long as he gets his attempts up if I can get seven eight attempts out of him we’re into probably 10 points l in the nine we need to win lock it up for noops on Dort over eight and a half points and lock it up
For myself and Chris on the Rockets catching Seven [Applause] Let’s good
Houston Rockets vs Oklahoma City Thunder NBA game picks for March 27th, 2024.
The surging Houston Rockets face the impressive Oklahoma City Thunder tonight. Houston is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games. Yet, Houston is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against Oklahoma City. The Thunder are the favorites by the NBA odds. Who will come out on top and be the winning NBA pick?
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