San Antonio Spurs vs Oklahoma City Thunder: Don Best NBA Odds & Trends for 1/12/2021

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's Oklahoma City Thunder (5-4) will aim to upset DeMar DeRozan and the San Antonio Spurs when the Thunder take on the Spurs on January 12, 2021. San Antonio is a 2.5-point favorite against Oklahoma City. The over/under for the game is 218.5.

How to Watch

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

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Spurs vs. Thunder Betting Data

Spurs Betting Data

• San Antonio has gone 5-5 against the spread this season, covering in half of its games.
• San Antonio and its opponents have hit the over in 100% of games (10 out of 10 matchups).

Thunder Betting Data

• Oklahoma City has a winning record against the spread this season, 6-3.
• Oklahoma City has hit the over in 9 of 9 games this season (100%).

Point Total Insights

• San Antonio's games this season have gone over the point total for Tuesday's matchup over/under (218.5 points) in 490% of opportunities (49 out of 10 matchups).
• Four Oklahoma City games this year (44.4% of its matchups) finished with a final total higher than Tuesday's over/under of 218.5 points.
• The Spurs average 111.1 points per game against the Thunder's 104.9, amounting to 2.5 points under the game's point total of 218.5.
• This matchup's point total is 3.5 fewer points than the 222 these two teams combine to give up per game in 2020-21.
• The Spurs have seen a 224.2 average over/under in their games this season, 5.7 points more than the over/under in this matchup.
• Thunder's games have an over/under of 213.8 points this season, 4.7 points fewer than the total points bet for this game.

Previous Matchups

San Antonio and Oklahoma City have been evenly matched in their last 10 matchups, playing to a 5-5 record,

Spurs Players to Watch

• The Spurs leader in points and assists is DeRozan, who puts up 21.2 points per game along with 7.0 assists.
• Keldon Johnson is San Antonio's best rebounder, grabbing an average of 7.4 boards in each contest while scoring 13.1 points per game.
• Patty Mills makes more threes per game than any other member of the Spurs, knocking down shots from beyond the arc at a clip of 3.2 per contest.
• Johnson is San Antonio's leader in steals, averaging 1.2 steals per game, while Rudy Gay leads them in blocks with 1.0 per contest.

Thunder Players to Watch

• Gilgeous-Alexander scores 21.0 points and adds 6.8 assists per game, putting him at the top of the Thunder's leaderboards for those statistics.
• Darius Bazley is at the top of the Oklahoma City rebounding leaderboard with 8.3 rebounds per game. He also racks up 11.2 points and tacks on 1.6 assists per game.
• Mike Muscala is the most prolific from distance for the Thunder, hitting 2.3 threes per game.
• Oklahoma City's leader in steals is Hamidou Diallo (1.2 per game), and its leader in blocks is Bazley (1.2 per game).

Injury Report

Spurs:

Devin Vassell: Day To Day (Knee),

Derrick White: Out (Toe),

Drew Eubanks: Out (Health and Safety Protocols),

DeMar DeRozan: Out (Personal),

Quinndary Weatherspoon: Out (Knee)

Thunder:

Ty Jerome: Day To Day (Left Ankle),

Trevor Ariza: Out (Personal)