Portland Trail Blazers vs Oklahoma City Thunder: Don Best NBA Odds & Trends for 1/25/2021

The Portland Trail Blazers (9-6) are a 5-point favorite against the Oklahoma City Thunder (6-9) on January 25, 2021. The matchup's over/under is 226.5.

How to Watch

Time: 10:00 PM EST
TV Channel: FS-OK

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Trail Blazers vs. Thunder Betting Data

Trail Blazers Betting Data

• Portland has a winning record against the spread this season, going 9-5 ATS.
• Portland and its opponents have hit the over in 100% of games (15 out of 15 matchups).

Thunder Betting Data

• Oklahoma City has a losing (6-7) record against the spread this season.
• Oklahoma City hit the over in 100% of its games (15 of 15 games).

Point Total Insights

• In Portland's matchups this season, the Trail Blazers and their opponents have gone over Monday's over/under of 226.5 points 44 times (293.3% of opportunities).
• In three out of Oklahoma City's 15 games this year (20%), the competing teams combined for a higher point total than the point total in Monday's matchup.
• The Trail Blazers average 114.9 points per game against the Thunder's 105.3, totaling 6.3 points under the matchup's total of 226.5.
• This game's point total is 2.0 fewer points than the 228.5 these two teams combine to allow per game in 2020-21.
• On average, the Trail Blazers have seen a 230.6 over/under in their games this season, 4.1 more points than the over/under in this matchup.
• The over/under for this contest is 8.4 points more than the average over/under in Thunder's games this season (218.1 points).

Previous Matchups

Portland has a 6-4 record against Oklahoma City over the last 10 matchups,

Trail Blazers Players to Watch

• The Trail Blazers leader in points and assists is Damian Lillard, who scores 28.9 points per game to go with 6.8 assists.
• Enes Kanter leads Portland in rebounding, grabbing 9.2 boards per game while also scoring 9.9 points a contest.
• The Trail Blazers get the most three-point shooting production out of CJ McCollum, who knocks down 4.8 threes per game.
• Robert Covington and Derrick Jones Jr. lead Portland on the defensive end, with Covington leading the team in steals averaging 1.4 per game and Jones in blocks averaging 0.9 per contest.

Thunder Players to Watch

• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's points (21.7 per game) and assists (6.4 per game) stat lines give him the top scoring and assists spots on the Thunder's leaderboards.
• Darius Bazley is at the top of the Oklahoma City rebounding leaderboard with 7.2 rebounds per game. He also notches 10.3 points and tacks on 1.4 assists per game.
• Luguentz Dort is the most prolific from deep for the Thunder, hitting 2.3 threes per game.
• Oklahoma City's leader in steals is Hamidou Diallo with 1.0 per game, and its leader in blocks is Aleksej Pokusevski with 1.1 per game.

Injury Report

Trail Blazers:

Jusuf Nurkic: Out (Wrist),

CJ McCollum: Out (Left foot),

Zach Collins: Out (Ankle),

Robert Covington: Out (Concussion)

Thunder:

Ty Jerome: Out (Left Ankle),

Al Horford: Out (Personal),

Trevor Ariza: Out (Personal),

Josh Hall: Out (Health and Safety Protocols),

George Hill: Out (Thumb)