Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Golden St Warriors will hit the road to face Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder in an NBA pro basketball game on Friday night.
Tip off time from OKC is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass.
The betting odds came out in this NBA game with the home team OKC Thunder favored by -9 ½ points with an over under of 210 points.
Early money from the bettors has come in on the side of the home team as Oklahoma City is now favored by -10 ½ points
The total has moved down to 209 ½ points.
Oklahoma City Thunder money line players will lay –650 odds with the road underdog Golden St Warriors returning +475 odds to earn the outright win with no need for taking the points.
The teams have met twice this season all at Golden St with the Oklahoma City Thunder winning and covering the point spread in both games.
Both games landed over the total.
Golden St will head to OKC with a record of 11-15 on the year. The team is 3-6 on the highway.
The Warriors average 99 points with 46.5% shooting with 39.5% coming from beyond the arc. The team converts on 73.8% from the free throw line.
On defense Golden St allows 100 points along with 44.8% shooting. Opponents convert on 36.6% from three against them.
The Warriors were sitting on a three game win streak prior to their 93-91 home defeat to the Portland Trailblazers on Wednesday night as a -5 point betting favorite.
The total landed under the total of 197 ½ points.
The Warriors shot 47.4% from the floor with 7 of 19 coming from three.
Forward David Lee led the team with 29 points and 11 rebounds on 13 of 20 shooting.
Nate Robinson off the bench scored 21 points as he made 8 of his 15 shots.
Dorell Wright had 12 points with five boards on 5 of 9 shooting from the floor in defeat.
Golden St allowed Portland just 40.5% shooting with 10 of 22 coming from beyond the arc.
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Oklahoma City Thunder will play host to Golden St with a record of 22-7 this year. The team is 10-1 on their home court.
The Thunder averages 101 points with 47.3% shooting with 34.6% coming from the three point line. The team hits on 79.3% from the free throw line.
On the defensive end of the court OKC allows 96 points with 42.5% shooting. Teams make 32.3% from three against them.
Oklahoma City is coming off the 96-95 road win on Wednesday night to break a two game win streak against the Houston Rockets as a -3 point betting favorite.
The total in the game landed under the total of 201 points.
OKC fell behind by 16 points after the first quarter.
The Thunder made 43.3% of their shots with 7 of 23 coming from beyond the arc.
The team was sloppy with 22 turnovers in defeat.
Russell Westbrook for the Thunder contributed with 26 points along with eight rebounds on 11 of 25 from the field.
Kevin Durant led the team with 33 points with eight boards as he made 12 of his 26 shots and a perfect 7 of 7 from the line.
James Harden in a reserve role chipped in with 17 points and dished out four assists on 6 of 13 coming from the floor.
Oklahoma City allowed the Rockets 42.5% shooting with 8 of 18 coming from three.
Trend: The over is 5-1 in their past six meetings.
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