Hey everyone, welcome to another addition of the daily sports betting breakdown where we provide you with everything you need to make an educated bet in one of the more interesting games on the night. Unlike normal betting articles, we don’t give you the bets that we prefer, but rather give you the information needed to make a smart play.

Now that we have that out of the way, let’s get to our breakdown for January 10th, 2019: the Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs game.

Historical Numbers Against the Spread

This matchup features two of the top teams in the Western Conference. The Spurs come into this game sitting at 7th in the Western conference with a record of 24-18 and are 7-3 in their last 10, while the Thunder sit in 3rd with a record of 25-15 and are 5-5 in their last 10. The Thunder are currently favored by 1.5 points as of the time of this writing.

Spurs Historical Numbers Against the Spread (ATS)

San Antonio has been one of the best teams in the league to bet on this year going 25-17 ATS which is the 4th highest rate in the league. This game is an interesting one as they are on the second half of a back to back, but just played a Memphis team that plays at the slowest pace in the league. On the year, San Antonio has been fantastic at home going 17-5 straight up and 16-6 ATS. Additionally, the Spurs have been one of the top teams to bet on as a home underdog going 6-1 ATS. While they have not performed well on back to backs this year going 3-4 ATS, they didn’t have to extend much energy in this last slow paced game. If we look back to last year, we see that the trend of dominance at home holds true with them going 25-15-2 ATS in 2017-2018.

Thunder Historical Numbers Against the Spread

The Thunder have been a slightly above average team this year to bet on going 22-18 ATS rankings 7th in the league. The Thunder come into this game with a full days rest and are playing as a road favorite. In this situation on the year, the Thunder have played slightly above expectations going 11-12 ATS after a full days rest and 12-9 ATS on the road including 8-7 ATS as a road favorite. Looking back to last year, we can see that OKC’s dominance on the road is not a big trend as they were 19-24 ATS on the road and 12-17 as a road favorite.

Historical Numbers on the Total

While the Thunder have been one of the fastest paced teams in the league ranking 4th overall, they have also been one of the best defensive teams ranking first in the league in defensive efficiency. The Spurs on the other hand have been one of the slowest paced teams in the league ranking 24th in pace and are in the middle of the pack in terms of defense efficiency ranking 17th in defensive efficiency. it should be noted that the Spurs have been playing better defense as of late ranking 5th overall in defensive efficiency over their last 8 games. the total for this game sits at 223.5, which sits at the second lowest of the four games on the slate today.

Spurs Historical Numbers on the Total

The Spurs have been one of the better teams in the league this year to bet the total on as they have a record of 23-18-1 on the over so far this year. Overall though, this spot has been an advantageous spot for the Spurs to hit the over this year as they have gone 6-1 in back to backs (best in the league) and 11-11 at home overall this year.

Thunder Historical Numbers on the Total

With the Thunder greatly improving on defense this year, they have hit the over at one of the lowest rates in the league in 2018-2019, going 16-22-2. Overall, this situation has not been a great spot for the Thunder to cover the over, as they have hit the over at the lowest rate in the league this year on the road going 5-15-1.