NBA betting<\/u><\/a> front, at Betway, Detroit is the favourite, at -160, with Cleveland Moneyline at +130. The Pistons are -3.5 (-110), the Cavaliers +3.5 (-110). Over\/Under is 215.5 (Over is -115, Under is -105).<\/p>\nThe Pistons are 7-3 in their 10 games, averaging 107.9 points, 47.1 rebounds, 23.6 assists, 9.0 steals, and 8.3 blocks per game, shooting 46% from the field. They\u2019ve held their opponents to 100.6 PPG.<\/p>\n
The Cavaliers are 5-5 in their past 10 games, while they\u2019re 0-4 in playoff road games. Cleveland has averaged 111.6 points, 44.7 rebounds, 22.9 assists, 8.1 steals and 4.8 blocks per game, shooting 47.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.3 points.<\/p>\n
No injuries to report for Cleveland, with Kevin Huerter (hip) listed as questionable for tonight for Detroit.<\/p>\n
Cade Cunningham leads the Pistons averaging 27.1 points and 5.3 rebounds over the last 10 games. For the Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell leads the way, averaging 27.9 points and 5.7 assists.<\/p>\n
Detroit forced 19 turnovers in Game 1, and only committed 11, a big edge and something to focus on tonight.<\/p>\n
Detroit\u2019s momentum, building off those 19 TOs, outworking the Cavs, controlling the tempo, winning the rebounding battle (45-41), plus as a top-seeded team on home court, gives them a strong edge.<\/p>\n
Prop: Cunningham 25+ Points at Betway (-180), and Mitchell 4+ Made Threes (+200).<\/p>\n
NBA<\/strong><\/p>\nL.A. Lakers at Oklahoma Thunder, 9:30 p.m. EST, Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK<\/strong><\/p>\nOKC lead series 1-0<\/strong><\/p>\nLeBron James 20+ Points -200<\/strong><\/p>\nAt Betway, OKC are huge betting favourites, at -800, with Lakers at +550. The Thunder are -15.5 (-105), the Lakers +15.5 (-115). Over\/Under is 209.5 (Over is -110, Under is -110).<\/p>\n
OKC absolutely dominated the Lakers in Game 1 \u2013 108-90, led by 24 points, and 12 rebounds from Chet Holmgren.<\/p>\n
The Thunder are now 5-0 against the Lakers this season and show no signs of slowing down. They\u2019re huge favourites tonight.<\/p>\n
Luka Doncic remains out for the Lakers, with a left hamstring injury. Luke Kennard is questionable with neck soreness, and Jarred Vanderbilt is doubtful with a right finger dislocation.<\/p>\n
On the Thunder side, Thomas Sorber is out after knee surgery and Jalen Williams is out with a left hamstring strain.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s all courtesy of the official NBA injury report as of 7:45 a.m. EST this morning.<\/p>\n
So, let\u2019s look at a few props.<\/p>\n
James has averaged 23.7 points over seven playoff games, and a 46.9 FG%, with the Lakers offence going through him. James finished Game 1 with 27 points, on 12-of-17 shooting, but Betway has 25+ Points tonight at +150. That\u2019s a little dangerous in my view, the book pricing James\u2019 star power first.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s 41 years old and getting a ton of minutes (36 minutes in Game 1). When factoring in OKC\u2019s length and pace, it\u2019s going to be challenging for James to top 25 points two games in a row. The Thunder defence held him to lower points all season \u2013 22 points in their game Feb. 9, and 13 points in their game April 2.<\/p>\n
Prop: Holmgren 8+ Rebounds (-260), after controlling the paint Game 1, with plenty of rebounds on the table tonight as the Lakers rely more heavily on jump shooting by James and Austin Reaves.<\/p>\n
I thought about 12+ (+250), I really did, but my worry there is an OKC blowout, and they sit Holmgren later in the game.<\/p>\n"}],"custom_author":"Mark Keast","main_image":117461,"main_image_description":"Thursday NBA betting picks from Betway","brief_description":"The Thunder are heavy betting favourites at home against the Lakers, while the Pistons look to build on their defensive dominance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117883"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117887,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117883\/revisions\/117887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}