Indiana Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
Free Pick: Oklahoma City Thunder -2.0 (-110)
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The Oklahoma City Thunder were embarrassed here at home 107-72 by the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday, but we look for a much improved performance tonight as they drop down in class a bit to take on the Indiana Pacers.

Indiana has not performed well on the road this season, going just 10-29 straight up while allowing a horrendous 108.1 points per game. In fact, the Pacers have allowed over 100 points in 12 of their last 13 road games while going 4-9 straight up in those games. Yes, they are 7-3 against the spread in their last 10 road games, but they were favored in two of those games and they were a much bigger underdog than this in all the others.

The Thunder will certainly enjoy the freedom here after the suffocating defense that Portland played against them the other night. Remember that this team did shock the Spurs on the road two games ago, so perhaps there was still some lingering hangover effect in the blowout loss to the Blazers. Also, Oklahoma City did cover the number at Indiana in the only other head-to-head meeting this season, losing by eight points as 11.5-point dogs.

With the shift in venue to Oklahoma and the Thunder looking to atone for a dreadful home performance, look for a safe win tonight.

NBA Free Betting Pick: Thunder -2 (-110)

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