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The Western Conference leading Oklahoma City Thunder host the Phoenix Suns in a key matchup on Wednesday in the second game of ESPN’s doubleheader. OKC was going through a minor slump losing two of three games before busting loose with a 144-110 triumph over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. They covered the 7.5-point NBA betting line at Caesars sportsbook snapping a streak of four straight cover losses. The Thunder remains one of the more profitable teams in the league with payouts in nearly 64 percent of their games. OKC has won and covered in the last four matchups, including a 99-83 triumph in the first meeting of the season back in November behind 28 points from MVP front-runner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
NBA Same Game Parlay
Phoenix Suns at Oklahoma City Thunder
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 9:30 p.m. ET
Location: Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Suns at Thunder Odds: Caesars sportsbook
Suns at Thunder TV Coverage: ESPN
It’s been an up and down season so far for the Suns as they battle just about every team in the West for playoff positioning. Just when it looks like they’re hitting their stride and making a move in the standings they plummet back to the pack. Recent games are an indication of just how inconsistent the Suns have been. They had won three straight and eight out of 10 before a home loss to Minnesota last week. They then opened a brief three-game road trip by trouncing the Warriors, 130-105, with Devin Booker going off for 31 points.
Failing to build on the momentum of that victory the Suns lost in Portland, 127-108, in the second game of a back-to-back. The Suns dropped to 25-23 and as of Sunday they are just one game ahead of Sacramento for ninth with Portland only six games behind them. The Suns and Blazers finish off their two-game series on Monday in another important game. As we get closer to the end of the season every game has an impact on the standings with the teams so close together.
Something that could help the Suns gain some separation and contend for a top-six is better health. When the teams played in November the Suns were without Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal and Grayson Allen and they put up their lowest point total of the season. In the win at Golden State the trio combined for 51 points and 11 three-pointers. Phoenix has also cashed the OVER in three straight games.
Even the best teams have a clunker every once in a while and the Thunder had one last week losing to the Warriors, 116-109. One of the NBA’s most efficient teams at both ends of the floor, they were beaten at their own game. They shot just 40.4 percent and were 9 of 29 from behind the arc. The Thunder also allowed the second-most points in their last 11 games with the Warriors shooting nearly 50 percent.
SGA did his best to get a win scoring 52 points on 16 of 29 shooting from the floor. It was his second 50-point game in the last four for the NBA’s leading scorer. OKC hasn’t lost two games in a row since mid-November and they made sure it didn’t happen by thumping Sacramento, 144-110, on Saturday night easily covering the NBA point spread and improving to 20-3 SU and 15-7-1 ATS at home.
OKC will get a Phoenix club closer to full strength then it was in November. It hasn’t mattered who they play, though, since they’ve rolled through everybody behind the leagues stingiest defense. The Thunder boasts the largest point differential at +12.3 and averages 117.0 points, sixth best in the Association. We could get some offense with the Suns trotting out KD, Booker, Beal and Allen presenting a still test for the Western Conference’s best team. Still, I like OKC to cover and the OVER.
Suns at Thunder Same Game Parlay Pick
Thunder ATS
Suns / Thunder OVER
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