Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Denver Nuggets will look to stave off elimination when they face the Oklahoma City Thunder in game five of their best of 7 NBA pro basketball playoff series on Wednesday night.
Tip off time from Oklahoma City is set for 9:30 PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by TNT.
The point spread came out in game 5 with the home standing Oklahoma City Thunder lined as a –6 point favorite with an over under of 205 points.
Early money has shown on the side of the road underdog as the Oklahoma City Thunder has been bet down to a -5 ½ point favorite at The Greek to a high of -6 points at Bookmaker and Bet Jamaica.
The over under has not moved from the early betting as the game is hung at all worldwide betting outlets at 205 points.
Oklahoma City Thunder money line players will lay –250 odds with the road underdog Denver Nuggets returning +230 odds to win and survived game 5 straight up without the need of points on their side.
Denver avoided an embarrassing series sweep on their home court as they defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-101 as a -3 point favorite. The game landed under the total of 205 ½ points.
The Nuggets trail the Thunder 3-1 in this best of 7 Western conference quarterfinal series.
Denver survived a 38.6% shooting night and connected on 9 of 19 shooting from three. The team got to the line 44 times and missed 13 free throws.
OKC out rebounded the Nuggets by a 59-56 margin.
The Nuggets took great care of the basketball with just 8 turnovers.
Point guard Ty Lawson led Denver with 27 points and three assists on 8 of 16 shooting from the floor with 9 of 9 conversions from the charity stripe.
Forward Danilo Gallinari behind a strong second half finished with 18 points and six boards with 6 of 13 from the field.
J.R. Smith contributed well off the bench with 15 points with 3 of 5 from beyond the arc.
Oklahoma City hit on 44.3% from the field in defeat and 7 of 19 shooting from three. The team connected on 24 of 31 from the free throw line.
Kevin Durant led he club with 31 points and five rebounds on 8 of 18 shooting with 5 of 6 from three and 10 of 11 from the free throw line.
Point guard Russell Westbrook had 30 points and five assists with a very poor 12 of 30 shooting from the floor.
Westbrook seemed to try too much in this game and needs to dish to open teammates more. He is still a very young and experienced player in this league and was playing in his first closeout game.
Forward Serge Ibaka had 13 points and 14 rebounds on 5 of 9 shooting from the field.
The Thunder bench contributed with 19 points.
OKC won both playoff games in this series on their home court.
Game 1 resulted in a 107-103 victory by the Thunder as a -6 ½ point betting favorite. The game went over the total of 204 ½ points.
The team shot well in victory hitting on 49.4% from the field and 9 of 19 from three.
In game 2 the Thunder earned the 106-89 blowout home win against the Nuggets as a -4 ½ point betting favorite. The total went under 206 points.
OKC jumped out early in this game and held the 59-44 halftime lead in the win. They crushed the Nuggets on the glass by a 61-40 margin.
Trend: The Under is 3-0 in their past three playoff meetings.
For the Latest NBA Odds Please Visit our NBA Odds Page
Tags: april 27th 2011, betting, denver nuggets, game 5, nba, nba playoffs, Odds, oklahoma city thunder, pick, preview, pro basketball, tnt tv, wednesday
