Portland Trailblazers versus Oklahoma City Thunder Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 1-13-2012

The 28-8 Oklahoma City Thunder will be the road team as they face the 20-16 Portland Trailblazers in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday night. Tip off time from Portland is scheduled for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBA TV. The betting odds in this NBA game have the road club Oklahoma City Thunder favored by -5 points with an over under line of 199 points. There has been no line movement in this game since the odds came out a few hours ago. The two clubs met back on November 2nd with Oklahoma City posting the 106-92 home win as a -8 ½ point betting favorite. The game came in at under 204 ½ points. Trend: Portland Trailblazers are 4-1 ATS in their past five games.The Thunder is 10-5 on the road this season. They have won two straight and seven of their past nine games. The Thunder came off the blowout of the LA Lakers on Friday night by the score of 116-101 as a -6 point betting favorite. The game went under 217 ½ points. The Thunder enjoyed shooting over 50% and adding more misery to the Lakers season. The held the Lakers to less than 40% shooting. Kevin Durant scored 42 points and grabbed 8 boards as he makes 16 of his 25 shots. OKC is the top scoring team in the league averaging nearly 106 points a game. They rank third in field goal percentage at 48% shooting. With all these great offensive stats the team defends well ranking second in the NBA in defensive field goal percentage by allowing under 43% shooting. The Trailblazers enter play with a mark of 13-4 on their home court. Portland had their four game win streak snapped on Friday in a 103-97 road defeat to the Golden St Warriors as a +8 point underdog. The game ended over 198 ½ points. This loss came on the heels of a comeback and emotional win against the Heat on their home court on Thursday night. Portland was facing an uphill climb after three quarters down by 15 points but made a concentrated effort to get it close in the end. The turnaround from this Blazers team has come from their guard position. Last year the team was filled with mistakes and inefficiency at the position. Drafting Damian Lillard has brought stability to this important part of the club.