OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a free pick for Wednesday on Oklahoma City (+1) at Philadelphia.
Reasoning: Let me first start by saying that you should play this game early because the only line movement you will see will be on the Thunder and against you. Why? Because the line that I am seeing is soft with Philadelphia on the back-to-back with travel.
Doug Collins has done a great job with the 76ers reviving the team and the franchise as a whole after some rough last few years. I’m not saying this Philly team has gotten over the hump at all but after the terrible 3-13 start they have turned things around and are playing some great ball of late. For them to currently be 33-30 shows me a team that is making great strides. But with that said they are in an extremely difficult spot tonight playing for the never easy second straight night after the victory in Indiana yesterday and are also hitting the court for a third game in four nights. To ask the 76ers to keep pace in this spot just does not seem all that probable against what is the superior team in Oklahoma City and the fresher team in Oklahoma City.
The Thunder are rapidly growing into an elite squad. Getting Kendrick Perkins was a nice little piece in the middle to go along with a pair of superstars in Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. These guys almost knocked off the Lakers last season in the playoffs and are 39-23 this season.
The 6ers are at home which is never a bad thing but they also are not going to have enough legs to be able to slow down Westbrook and Durant. Andre Iguodala has played a ton better of late and things have been going Philadelphia’s way but tonight is just too tall of a task and one that they are not going to succeed in.
The City of Brotherly Love will be friendly to the visiting Thunder as they take care of business going away.
Top expert pick on this game: Oklahoma City
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