Betting Results:
Head to Head: Thunder, odds 1.686
Line: Thunder (-2.5), odds 1.931 - winning tip
Total Points: Over (224.5), odds 1.909

Pre-game Prediction
Thunder, 51.9%
Knicks, 48.1%

A very profitable game for our tipping team, who returned almost $100 from $60 in bets. We tipped Thunder to beat the spread, Hartenstein to miss his rebounds target and Hart to miss his assists target. We also tipped the Under and missed out on a clean sweep by 1.5 points. A great day at the office regardless.

Thunder bounce back to rout Knicks 126-101 in first game since end of 15-game win streak

By BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press The Associated Press NEW YORK

NEW YORK (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 39 points in 29 minutes, and the Oklahoma City Thunder emphatically bounced back to rout the New York Knicks 126-101 on Friday night in the first game since their 15-game winning streak was snapped.

Isaiah Joe added 23 of his 31 points in the first half for the Thunder, who were coming off a 129-122 loss at NBA-leading Cleveland on Wednesday in the biggest game of the season thus far. There was no hangover at Madison Square Garden, where Oklahoma City had a 36-12 run in the first half en route to a 70-43 lead.

Jalen Brunson scored 27 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 23 in the Knicks’ fourth loss in five games, a stretch that began when the Thunder used a big fourth quarter to win 117-107 last Friday and snap New York’s nine-game winning streak.

No big finish needed this time. The Thunder had the game in hand by halftime.

Takeaways

Thunder: Oklahoma City made it clear quickly it wasn’t letting Wednesday’s loss linger and gave coach Mark Daigneault an easy one on a night when he wasn’t feeling well and wore a mask at times.

Knicks: The Knicks were booed multiple times in the first half of perhaps the low point of their season, which featured an 0-for-9 night by Mikal Bridges.

Key moment

Oklahoma City closed the first quarter with a 12-0 spurt to lead 31-17. The Thunder then unleashed a 19-5 run over more than six minutes of the second to extend a 12-point lead to 55-29. Joe got 11 points in that stretch.

Key stat

Adding Oklahoma City’s 37-19 advantage in the decisive fourth quarter last Friday to its 31-17 lead after the first period of this game, the Thunder outscored the Knicks 68-36 over consecutive quarters.

This is how we previewed this game....

OKC come into this game off the back of their first loss after a 15 games win streak, when they were beaten by NBA leaders Cleveland.

Until very recently the Knicks were flying high, but have a poor two wins from their last five record, including a 117-107 loss in Oklahoma City.

The sportsbooks are currently listing the Thunder as 2.5 point favourites in this one, so lets take a peak at the main NBA tipping sites and see what they make of the match up.

(Our Player Prop Bet Tips are further down this page)

Dimers - forecasting a 114-111 win for OKC, tipping Knicks +3 (if you can find it)
Clutch Points - TBC
Pickswise - Knicks +3.5 is their current tip, but most sportsbooks have tightened the spread to 2.5 now
Sportskeeda - OKC win and OKC to cover the spread
Betting Odds - predicting a 114-111 win for OKC, tipping Knicks +3, and Over 225.5
Sportsline - similar to their peers, are forecasting a 112-109 win for OKC, with slight leans towards Knicks +3.5, Knicks on the moneyline (value bet) and a moderate shout for Under 225.5

We can still get a spread of 2.5, so we are jumping on Thunder -2.5 with a 2-point bet, as we feel they'll win a tight game by 5-7 points. We are also going to have a 1-point bet on Under 225.5, as we feel there is value there.

A very decent evening's results for our four tips. We got three from four, including a 2-point bet on Thunder to cover the spread, a 1-pointer on Hartenstein Under Rebouunds, and a 2-pointer on Hart Under Assists. Despite the fact that our 1-point bet tip on the Under was beaten by 1.5 points, we still returned a very lovely $97.80 from $60 staked.

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