basketball | Friday, February 24, 2023 2:04 PM

Phoenix Suns vs Oklahoma City Thunder Best Bet: Motivated Suns to Blow Out the Young Thunder Team

Aleksa Drobnjak

Phoenix Suns vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Best Bet: Friday, February 24th

After the theAll-star break, we are back to our regular NBA schedule. The Suns will host the Thunder in Footprint Center, hoping for Kevin Durant’s debut. The arena has already been sold out, and surely we are in for a banger.

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Phoenix Suns vs Oklahoma City Thunder Best Bet

Phoenix Suns vs Oklahoma City Thunder Preview

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The Suns have become the favorites of the West over night after acquiring superstar Kevin Durant. He still has not made his debut with the new team but is expected to do so tonight. Home fans are in delirium and the arena has been sold out at a historic pace. The Suns are currently 5th in the West with a 32-28 record.

They are most known for their team play, they are dishing close to 30 assists on a nightly basis and this number is expected to grow with such an efficient shooter like Kevin Durant. They are scoring 112PPG which is decent but defence has been their bread and butter where they are in the top of the league by points allowed with 110 per game.

For tonight’s game, they will be missing L. Shamet with a foot injury while K. Durant remains “questionable” but is expected to play per sources.

The young OKC team has been troubled with injuries during the whole season. From a holistic point of view, their season can be categorized as successful since they have already managed to win close to 30 games which is far more than predicted. They are a decent team on the road but we do not expect them to shine tonight against the motivated and experienced Suns. Furthermore, they will be missing C. Holmgren with a foot injury and A. Pokusevski with a leg injury.

Phoenix Suns vs Oklahoma City Thunder Best Bet

The last 4 times the Suns won against OKC and it was with an average margin of 11 points. Tonight’s moneyline is not realistic if K. Durant plays indeed, and we are hoping for his debut which will motivate the Suns to beat the spread line and blow out the Thunder.