Thunder vs. Kings: OKC Fight for Home Court Advantage

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00:00It's a 10 p.m. Eastern game tonight between the Oklahoma City Thunder, the best team in

00:04the Western Conference, and have clinched the number one overall seed, now fighting to keep

00:09ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers for home court advantage all the way through the NBA Finals.

00:15The Thunder on the road to take on the Kings, who are getting 10 points at home.

00:20Now, when we look at this game, right, 228.5 is the opening number as a total, up to 231.5 live.

00:258.5 is the favorite for OKC here at FanDuel New Jersey, up to now 10.

00:29But understand this, too, like Sacramento is fighting for their lives to get into the playoffs,

00:33and the NBA is like, hey, we're going to slap you with a back-to-back.

00:35It is at home against the Celtics, who beat you up yesterday,

00:38and now the Oklahoma City Thunder, when you played yesterday, as a double-digit favor.

00:43Anticipated starting lineup looks really good for the Thunder tonight.

00:46SGA, Lou Dort, Williams, Holmgren, and Hartenstein, and then the usual suspects

00:50in the lineup tonight here for Sacramento, Monk, Levine, DeRozan, Murray, and Sabonis.

00:54Now, it is a back-to-back, but it is at home. They lost last night.

00:57Is this a walk-away victory for OKC for you, Joe, or is 10 points too much to lay on the road?

01:05Well, it's, keep an eye on Monk and McDermott are still listed as questionable for this game here

01:11tonight. So, and Sabonis is a big, is he going to go back-to-back? It's the second of a back-to-back,

01:17and this has never been a good spot for Sacramento all year long, and the defense of Sacramento has

01:24been absolutely brutal. I think over the last seven games, they're averaging 124 a game. They're

01:31giving up to teams here. They're allowing them to shoot 50% from three, 53% overall, and if we're

01:39OKC, like you mentioned, we're not a whole heck of a lot at stake here, but they are at home,

01:44and we've already seen them sit all their key guys and still drop 120 or more points on teams.

01:52I think the team total of OKC, if you want nothing to do with the spread,

01:57expect Sacramento's defense to lack, expect OKC, no matter who's playing, to score points.

02:03I saw that 119.5, 120.5. I would go over the team total for OKC tonight at home.