NBA Playoffs Betting – Game 3 – Dallas at Oklahoma City. The Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder play Game 3 on Saturday night with the Thunder favored at home in NBA playoffs betting. The Thunder will try and use their home court advantage in a pivotal Game 3 on Saturday night. Make your NBA playoffs bet right now at Sbg global.
Red River Rivalry
The Thunder and Mavericks may be in different states but they are actually not that far apart. They really haven’t been considered rivals but that has now changed with the teams meeting in the Western Conference finals. The rivalry has a long way to go to match Texas and Oklahoma in college football but there are some similarities. Kevin Durant plays for the Thunder but he was a star at Texas and the cities are just over 200 miles apart even though they are in different states.
Quick Turnaround
The Mavericks may not be thrilled with the scheduling of the games in this series. The Eastern Conference Finals get two days off in between Games 2 and 3 but in the Western Conference Finals there is just a single day off. The travel is obviously not much between Dallas and Oklahoma City but the Mavericks are an older team and the extra rest would help. Dallas is the third-oldest team in the league while Oklahoma City is the second-youngest.
Game Notes
The Mavericks were actually a much better team vs. the spread on the road than at home. Dallas has turned it around in the playoffs for gamblers making their NBA playoffs bet as they have been very good at home but during the regular season they were far better on the road with a record of 25-16 ATS. Oklahoma City was just a .500 team vs. the spread at home at 20-20-1. The first game of this series was very high scoring and that could be the case as the series moves to Oklahoma City. The Thunder went over the total in 25 of their 41 home games in the regular season. Dallas was also a team that went over the total in their road games in the regular season with 24 of their 41 road contests going over. Each team loves to run and gun so Game 3 could be another one that goes over the total in NBA playoffs betting.