Brooklyn Nets vs Oklahoma City Thunder: Don Best NBA Odds & Trends for 1/29/2021

Brooklyn is a 7-point favorite against Oklahoma City when the Kevin Durant-led Nets (12-8) and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's Thunder (8-9) square off on January 29, 2021. The game's over/under is 230.

How to Watch

Time: 8:00 PM EST
TV Channel: FS-OK

Betting Suggestions:

Nets vs. Thunder Betting Data

Nets Betting Data

• Brooklyn has failed to beat the spread more often than not this season, going 8-12.
• The Nets have not fared well as a 7-point favorite, going 2-6 against the spread when favored by at least 7 points.
• Brooklyn routinely hits the over, topping the point total in 14 of 20 games (70%).

Thunder Betting Data

• Oklahoma City has a winning record (10-7) against the spread this season.
• Oklahoma City has gone over the point total in 47.1% of its games (8 of 17 games).

Point Total Insights

• In Brooklyn's matchups this season, the Nets and their opponents have exceeded Friday's over/under of 230 points 11 times (55% of opportunities).
• In 17.6% of Oklahoma City's games this season (3 of 17), the total points scored was more than Friday's 230-point over/under.
• Together, the two teams combine for 226 points per game, four points fewer than the over/under of 230 for this game.
• This matchup's total is 1.8 fewer points than the 228.2 these two teams combine to allow per game in 2020-21.
• This season, the average total for Nets games is 235.5 points, 5.5 more than the over/under of 230 points for this contest.
• The over/under for this game is 11.4 points more than the average over/under in Thunder's games this season (218.6 points).

Previous Matchups

In the last 10 head-to-head meetings, Oklahoma City has won eight games against Brooklyn, while the Thunder have a better against the spread record, 2-0, than the Nets as well in those contests between the two teams.

Nets Players to Watch

• Durant leads the Nets in scoring and rebounding, accumulating 30.5 points and 7.5 boards per game.
• Brooklyn's best passer is James Harden, who averages 11.1 assists per game to go with his 24.5 PPG scoring average.
• Kyrie Irving makes more threes per game than any other member of the Nets, knocking down shots from beyond the arc at a clip of 3.2 per contest.
• Harden and Durant lead Brooklyn on the defensive end, with Harden leading the team in steals averaging 1.1 per game and Durant in blocks averaging 1.5 per contest.

Thunder Players to Watch

• Gilgeous-Alexander averages 21.8 points and tacks on 6.5 assists per game, putting him at the top of the Thunder's leaderboards in those statistics.
• Al Horford grabs 7.4 rebounds per game (he also scores 12.1 points per game and adds 2.4 assists per game) which puts him at the top of the Oklahoma City rebounding leaderboard.
• Luguentz Dort is the most prolific from the three-point line for the Thunder, hitting 2.3 threes per game.
• Oklahoma City's leader in steals is Hamidou Diallo (1.0 per game), and its leader in blocks is Aleksej Pokusevski (1.2 per game).

Injury Report

Nets:

Nicolas Claxton: Out (Right knee),

Spencer Dinwiddie: Out For Season (ACL),

Kevin Durant: Out (Injury Recovery-Rest)

Thunder:

Ty Jerome: Out (Left Ankle),

Trevor Ariza: Out (Personal),

Josh Hall: Out (Health and Safety Protocols),

George Hill: Out (Thumb)