The Oklahoma City Thunder (8-2) visit the Portland Trail Blazers (6-3) on Tuesday at 11 p.m. ET from the Moda Center. Oklahoma City enters on a four-game winning streak despite missing Chet Holmgren (knee), Jalen Williams (ankle), and Jaylin Williams (back). Portland has lost two straight and remains without Ja Morant (hamstring).
The Thunder are 1.5-point road favorites with an over/under of 226.5 points. The money line lists Oklahoma City at -124 and Portland at +106.
The SportsLine Projection Model, which has returned nearly $19,000 in profit on top-rated NBA picks since 2018, simulated the matchup 10,000 times. Its top prop play is on Thunder guard Jared McCain to score over 12.5 points. McCain averages 12.1 points per game but has scored 19 and 21 points in his last two outings, hitting 5 of 12 three-pointers after a recent slump. The model projects McCain for 15 points and assigns a 3.5 out of 5 confidence rating to the over.
The model also identifies one side of the spread as the better value. Full picks and analysis are available via SportsLine.
