indiancowboy
4 Unit Play. Take Oklahoma City Thunder First Half ONLY +7 over Portland Trailblazers (Monday @ 10pm est).
At this point in the season, as there are about 4 days left, it is all about motivation. For example, why else would Van Gundy of the Magic not care as much if his Magic lost to the Nets? - Because it doesn't matter. What does matter is when teams that do not quit because they have a great deal of motivation. We look for motivation and we find it in the Oklahoma City Thunder today. Keep in mind I nearly went with the Twolves on the road today for the first half as they had a horrendous first quarter against Phoenix and expect them to play well at Dallas, but with Dallas off a loss and the lack of depth of Minny, I laid off. OKC lost by 35 to this Portland team at home back on April 3rd (72-107). Note, the last 7 times these two teams have met, the game has gone under as well. The fact that this team took such an ugly loss up the chin, I expect OKC to have a bounce in their step today. I'm not certain about the whole game as I took the Thunder against Milwaukee and they were in at the end of the first half and had a horrendous 3rd quarter. So, we will take the 7 points for the first half today in what is likely to be a low-scoring game. OKC is the same team that beat the Spurs on the road Outright as double-digit dog which shows their capability against defensive minded teams with revenge, and that is the same situation today. The 7 points is nice on a total of 193, which the first half total around 97.5 and I will take the 25 minutes or so of Durant, Westbrook, Green, Kristic and Thabo to hang in there in the Rose Garden. The Blazers are playing very well but if the Clipper game is any sign, this team started off extremely lax and slow. Thunder are either up at the half or down by 4 in my book which helps us cash today imo.
Good luck,
Indian Cowboy.
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