NBA TUESDAY NIGHT THUNDER VS. HEAT

SELECTION - THUNDER + 3 1/2 (-110) LINE AT 5 DIMES

THUNDER IS 4-1 ATS IN THEIR LAST FIVE GAMES PLAYING ON 1 DAYS REST.

THUNDER IS 20-9 ATS IN THEIR LAST 29 GAMES FOLLOWING A STRAIGHT UP LOSS.

IN THEIR LAST GAME VS. THE HEAT, DURANT SAT ON THE BENCH IN FOUL TROUBLE LONGER THAN I CAN EVER REMEMBER. AND AS A RESULT OF DURANT SITTING, WESTBROOK SIMPLY HAD TOO MANY MISSED SHOTS AND THE CHEMISTRY OF THE THUNDER, ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSE, WAS DISRUPTED TO THE POINT OF NO BACK UP PLAN. THIS SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF DURANT BEING ON THE COURT 95% OF THE GAME. IT WAS NO DOUBT THE THUNDER'S WORSE PERFORMANCE, POSSIBLY ALL YEAR. THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN TWICE IN THIS SERIES. I LOOK FOR THE THUNDER TO REALLY PUT ON THE DEFENSIVE PRESSURE, FORCING LEBRON AND WADE TO ATTACK THE GOAL LESS, AND CAUSE BOTH OF THEM, ALONG WITH BATTIER TO SHOOT FROM THE OUTSIDE MORE THAN THEY WANT TO. THE YOUNG THUNDER WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED AND THEIR DEFENSE AND REGULAR OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION WILL BE ENOUGH TO GET THE THUNDER THE WIN TUESDAY NIGHT, THEY SO DESPERATELY NEED.