Free NBA Picks Today: Brooklyn Nets vs Oklahoma City Thunder 1/15/23

Free NBA Picks Today: Brooklyn Nets vs Oklahoma City Thunder 1/15/23
Sun 15th January 2023

The Brooklyn Nets (27-14, 13-6 Home), the NBA’s top shooting team, play host to the Oklahoma City Thunder (20-23, 7-14 Away) on Sunday. Oklahoma City beat the Chicago Bulls 124-110 at United Center on Friday. With 25 points, Josh Giddey was the scoring leader. Jalen Williams chipped in with 22 points and eight rebounds.

The Thunder are the 12th seed in the Western Conference. Brooklyn dropped their last game on Thursday at Barclays Center, falling to the Boston Celtics 109-98. Kyrie Irving led the team in scoring in defeat with 24 points. With 18 points, Joe Harris also impressed.

The Nets are three games back in the Eastern Conference, currently sitting in second. The teams are meeting for the first time this season. Oklahoma City and Brooklyn split their matchups last season, each team taking one.

The Thunder got the win in the last meeting 130-109 at Barclays Center in January 2022. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 33 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists. James Harden had 26 points, nine assists, seven rebounds, and three blocks in the losing effort.

Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 30.7 points per game, third-highest in the NBA, to lead the Thunder in scoring this season. Meanwhile, Giddey is contributing 8.0 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game. Kevin Durant (29.7 ppg) has supplied much of the Nets’ offense. He has the sixth-highest scoring average in the NBA.

Nicolas Claxton is collecting 8.3 rebounds per game, and Ben Simmons is distributing 5.8 assists. Shooting 51.0% from the field, the Nets are the NBA’s most accurate field goal shooting team. The Thunder are 7-2 in nine visits to Barclays Center.

In the last 10 games, Oklahoma City is 6-4 with an average margin of +7.1 (121.9-114.8). Brooklyn has an 8-2 record over the last 10, scoring 117.6 points per game on average while allowing 107.9 (+9.7 margin).

THUNDER HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Darius Bazley: 15.0 | 10.4 | +4.6
Points per game:
Jalen Williams: 15.2 | 11.9 | +3.3
Rebounds per game:
Kenrich Williams: 6.0 | 4.8 | +1.2
Assists per game:
Josh Giddey: 7.6 | 5.6 | +2.0

NETS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Seth Curry: 17.2 | 12.9 | +4.3
Points per game:
T.J. Warren: 12.6 | 9.4 | +3.2
Assists per game:
Ben Simmons: 8.0 | 5.8 | +2.2

SportsTips’ NBA Pick:

Brooklyn Nets (-200)

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