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The San Antonio Spurs opened the season with a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, but it has been a dominant run ever since. The Spurs will look to exact a measure of revenge and extend their lengthy home winning streak when they host the Thunder on Saturday in the first meeting since the season-opening encounter in Oklahoma.
San Antonio opened its five-game homestand with a 109-101 victory over Chicago on Thursday to improve to 31-0 at AT&T Center this season and extend its home winning streak to 40 games dating to last season. One more victory at home will give the Spurs sole possession of the third-longest run in NBA history as they enter this one tied with the Orlando Magic of the mid-1990s and four behind the Chicago Bulls of the same era. A meeting on the back end of the homestand with the Golden State Warriors - who pulled into Friday with an NBA-record 46 straight home wins and a three-game lead on San Antonio in the Western Conference - is looming, but the Spurs must first contend with what could be an angry Thunder squad. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook combined for 54 points but their teammates provided little support in a home loss to Minnesota on Friday, Oklahoma City's seventh defeat in 11 games.
TV: 8:30 p.m. ET, ABC
LINE HISTORY: The Spurs opened as eight point favorites at home and by early Saturday morning that line was already adjusted to -8.5. The total opened at 213 on Friday afternoon, wobbled throughout the evening, began falling overnight, and settled in at 210.5 near mid-morning on Saturday.
INJURY REPORT:
Thunder - SG D. Waiters (Questionable Saturday, personal)
SG A. Robinson (Questionable Saturday, ankle)
Spurs - No injuries to report.
COVERS POWER RANKINGS: Thunder (-9.7) - Spurs (-16.4) + home court (-3) = Spurs -9.7
DANCE TEAM WAR:
- Pick:
- Duke
- Capper:
- Jesse Schule
- Start:
- March 17, 2016 - 12:15 PM
- Offered at:
- 5dimes @ -10 -105 Duke
- Analysis:
This is a Free #NCAAB play on the Duke Blue Devils.
Duke comes into the first round of the NCAA Tournament off a loss to Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament. The Blue Devils will be a double digit favorite over North Carolina Wilmington, but I think the bookmakers are not giving Duke enough credit. While the Seahawks finished first in the CAA, they piled up a lot of wins over weak teams. They didn't face a single ranked opponent, and they failed to cover in four of their last five games.
Duke is 5-2-1 ATS in it's last eight non conference games, and the Blue Devils are 6-0 ATS in their last six NCAA Tournament games. We can expect Coach K to have his team ready, and we know this team handles these pressure situations well. The Seahawks on the other hand don't have much experience playing on such a big stage, and they might be a little shell shocked.
Duke should prove to have too much firepower for the Seahawks to handle. The Blue Devils averaged 81.5 points per game this season, ranking 17th nationally. That's even more impressive when you consider they play the likes of Louisville and Virginia.
Take DUKE.
GL,
Jesse Schule
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