The Oklahoma City Thunder host Rudy Gobert and the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night, and if you’re looking to do some last-minute betting research, you’re in luck! We’ll give you the latest point spread, money line odds and over/under number, as well as the information you’ll need to make the smartest bet on Tipico Sportsbook.
The game tips off at 7 p.m. CT and can be seen on Bally Sports Oklahoma and AT&T SportsNet.
The Thunder (6-11) finished their road trip 0-3 with losses to the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks. Utah (11-6), which beat OKC by 21 points in the season opener, will be trying to get back in the win column after a heartbreaker of a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night.
Thunder vs. Jazz notable injuries:
Thunder: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (right ankle sprain), was listed as out on Wednesday morning.
Jazz: No Utah players were listed on the injury report as of Tuesday night.
The lines, courtesy of Tipico Sportsbook (place your bets here)
- Point spread: Jazz -12.5
- Money line: Jazz -1000 / Thunder +600
- Over-under: 208.5
Advice and prediction
Without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder simply don’t have the scoring to take down a team like the Utah Jazz. Rudy Gobert is the best in the game at protecting the paint, and much of the Thunder’s offense revolves around attacking the basket and then passing out and then rolling through the cycle again.
Gobert in the middle will force OKC to take more 3s. The Thunder have hit only 30.6%, the second-worst in the NBA. They attempt 38.6 per game, the seventh-most in the league. It’s a combo that the Jazz defense can feast on.
If you want any hope, Lu Dort showed last season that the Jazz defense is not impenetrable. And with how well the Thunder have done with covering the spread this season — they did so against both the Bucks and Celtics but were just shy against the Hawks — one can make an argument they could do so again.
But I don’t think so. They didn’t the first time these two teams played. It was the season opener and the Thunder, with SGA, could not reach 90 points. I’d be surprised if they hit the spread and I’m also smashing the under (which has actually gone down a little bit since this morning)
Prediction: Jazz 108, Thunder 91
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