The Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs are set to face each other in Game 2 of their best-of seven series on Wednesday night, which will take place in San Antonio. The game has a start time of 9:00 pm (Eastern) and will be televised on TNT. Current odds have the Spurs listed as 6 point favorites, while the total sits at 211.5.
Stat Packs: The Oklahoma City Thunder got here by taking out Golden State and then the Clippers in what was a weird and draining series. They now are taking on the best team in basketball this year and find them selves in a 1-0 after Monday night's 122-105 loss. The Thunder have still gone 4-1 vs the Spurs this year so far. Oklahoma City has been solid offensively in the playoffs, averaging 104.5 ppg on 45.4% shooting. In the post-season Kevin Durant has led the offense with an average of 31.1 ppg, while Russell Westbrook is second, at 26.5 ppg and Reggie Jackson is 3rd at 10.9 ppg. Serge Ibaka would have been 3rd, but has been lost for the rest of the post-season. Durant leads the team rebounding (9.5), while Westbrook leads them in assists (8.3). Defensively the Thunder allowed just 99.8 ppg on 43.6% shooting during the regular season, but in the playoffs they have allowed 102.6 ppg on 44.3% shooting.
The San Antonio Spurs had the best record in all of the NBA this year and after a 7 game fight with Dallas in the opening round, they then flexed their muscles taking care of the Portland Trailblazers in just 5 games, and walloping the Thunder by 17 points in game 1 of this series. The Spurs have now gone 38-10 on their home floor this year. The Spurs are averaging 106.8 ppg on 50.0% shooting in the playoffs, while they have averaged 114 ppg in their last 6 at home in the post-season. The offense is led by Tony Parker, who is averaging 118.8 ppg so far, while Tim Duncan (16.7 ppg), Manu Ginobili (14.2 ppg) and Kawhi Leonard (14.2 ppg) have also averaged in double figures for the Spurs. Defensively this was a solid team this year, ranking 6th in points allowed (97.6 ppg) and 8th in defensive FG% defense (44.4%), and in the playoffs they have allowed just 99.2 ppg on 43.9% shooting.
Pick: Going with the Under in this one again. Just can't see the Thunder getting in another running game with the Spurs. They can't win that type of game with them. I also can't see the Spurs continuing to push the tempo as we all know this is a team that likes to conserve energy and they should do just that, especially if they get up big in this game. The Spurs have allowed just 97.3 ppg at home and while the Thunder have allowed 101.1 ppg on the road, teams have only shot 43.9% against them away from home. This should not be as uptempo as game 1 was. both teams have had time to adjust now and that usually means on the defensive end. I look for this on to be played under 205 points.
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