NBA Betting Lines- Heat at Thunder
The best game of the week features two NBA Championship contenders as the Miami Heat, current title holder, visits the Oklahoma City Thunder, this Thursday at 8 PM ET at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.
The Thunder will have star point guard Russell Westbrook back after he missed nearly 30 games due to a knee injury.
“I thought he had a good practice today,” OKC coach Scott Brooks said. “We went pretty hard, no question. We did a lot of things in transition, we did a lot of halfcourt. We did a lot of defensive drills, and he was able to participate in all of our drills.”
OKC beat Miami 112-95 without Westbrook in the lineup on January 29th. The Thunder started that game losing by 18 points, but then Kevin Durant went off.
“It’ll be one of our biggest challenges of the regular season,” Heat guard Dwyane Wade said. “Anytime we play them (is a challenge), especially now, after losing to them at home. And bringing in Westbrook, you’re bringing in a dynamic player at home, where they play very well. We’re going to have to play as close to flawless as we can to beat this team.”
OKC is 3 point favorites over Miami in the NBA betting lines. The Heat is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 Thursday games, and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games following a SU win of more than 10 points. Thunder is 8-1 ATS in their last 9 games as a favorite of 0.5-4.5.
Zack is a tour guide whose favorite sports are football, baseball, and golf. He enjoys giving obnoxious commentary during games and hopes to some day write a book about sports. His favorite underdog victory was the Diamondbacks beating the Yankees in game 7 of the World Series.
