The San Antonio Spurs are 0-3 straight up and against the spread in their last three games against the Oklahoma City Thunder, blowing a 3-1 series lead over this team last postseason. The Spurs will try to exact some revenge this Tuesday night at home against the Thunder.
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The San Antonio Spurs will take on the Oklahoma City Thunder for the first time since last year’s playoffs on Tuesday, and they’ll be looking to buck a weak ATS betting trend at the sportsbooks.
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San Antonio is a 9-point home favorite at the AT&T Center at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. In their last five games as a single-digit favorite, the Spurs are 5-2 SU and ATS.
The Spurs had been on a tear since the middle of December, stringing together a stretch of 18-4 SU and 17-5 ATS over 22 games. Inexplicably, San Antonio has blown leads in each of its last two games, leading by nine at the half against New Orleans and eventually losing, 119-103, and then leading by 10 at the half against Dallas and losing, 105-101.
Between these two disappointing performances and last year’s meltdown against Oklahoma City, the Spurs will have plenty of motivation heading into this Tuesday’s game.
Oklahoma City is one of the rare teams that has consistently given San Antonio trouble in recent years. The Spurs are 12-18 SU and 9-20-1 ATS in their last 30 games against the Thunder per the OddsShark NBA Database.
Betting Line / Total: San Antonio -9 / 211 Points
Trend: The Spurs are 9-20-1 ATS in their last 30 games against the Thunder.
Trend: The OVER is 9-1 in the Spurs’ last 10 games.
The Thunder had a 3-0 SU and ATS streak snapped on Sunday in a 107-91 loss on the road to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Oklahoma City has had no trouble dominating against lower end teams, but has fallen short against the league’s top squads.
The team owns a 17-2 SU and 16-3 ATS record in its last 19 games as a betting favorite while going 2-10 SU and 3-9 ATS in its last 12 games as a betting underdog. The Thunder will look to buck this trend with a road upset over the Spurs.
Tuesday night’s total is set at 211 points. The OVER is 9-1 in San Antonio’s last 10 games.
Russell Westbrook has been a one man wrecking crew all season, but Oklahoma City’s lack of depth tends to hamper the Thunder’s chances against quality teams like San Antonio. With Kevin Durant no longer in town, the Spurs should be able to focus all of their defensive efforts on slowing down Westbrook.
Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs
When: Tuesday, Jan. 31, 8:30 p.m. ET
Where: AT&T Center, San Antonio
