Oklahoma City Thunder visit the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night in a Western Conference matchup at the Moda Center. The Thunder enter on a four-game winning streak with an 8-2 record, while the Blazers have dropped two straight to fall to 6-3. Tipoff is scheduled for 11 p.m. ET.
Both teams are dealing with significant injuries. Portland will be without Ja Morant due to a hamstring injury, while Oklahoma City misses Chet Holmgren (knee), Jalen Williams (ankle), and Jaylin Williams (back).
Oddsmakers list the Thunder as 1.5-point road favorites with an over/under of 226.5 points. The money line has Oklahoma City at -124 and Portland at +106.
The SportsLine Projection Model, which has simulated the game 10,000 times and returned nearly $19,000 in profit on top-rated NBA picks since 2018, leans toward the over on a player prop for Thunder guard Jared McCain. McCain, averaging 12.1 points per game, has scored 19 and 21 points in his last two outings and hit 5 of 12 three-pointers over the weekend after a recent slump. The model projects McCain to score 15 points and assigns a 3.5 out of 5 confidence rating to the over 12.5 points bet, noting he has cleared his point total in eight of his last 10 games as a road favorite.
The model also indicates one side of the spread offers better value, with full picks available via SportsLine. The game will be streamed on Fubo.
