Interesting movement here.
The line opened at -4 yesterday, reopened at -3.5 at Pinny this morning (adjusted for OT I'm sure), and has been steadily declining....key word being "steadily". It went from -3.5 to -3, lingered there for awhile then moved to -2.5, half-an-hour later moved to -2, a few hours later moved to -1.5, and then about an hour after that it's now at -1.
Typically when you have a quick move from -4 to -1 per say, that indicates that a "key" player is OUT/doubtful/questionable/etc. But a steady drop indicates something else. Does this mean that sharp-$$ has been buying up the under-valued Bulls at these various spread-points throughout this morning/afternoon? Quiet possibly. I believe around 65% of all the tickets are on OKC, yet the move of a full 3 points tells me that possibly a lot of sharp-$$ is coming in on the home underdog. The question is, do we still have 'value' left over on Chicago at the current number and more importantly, can we back this depleted Bulls squad against the basketball-monster known as Russell Westbrook?
UPDATE:
And right after I posted this, the line now moved to -1 Chicago. So OKC went from -4 to +1, a full 5-point swing!
Is there value on the Thunder at this number? Maybe someone is injured (Westbrook or Ibaka, as no one else on OKC is significant enough) and that information is just trickling in to the bookmakers as time passes on.
Very interesting.....