Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Charlotte Hornets odds, tips and betting trends

The Charlotte Hornets (10-36) will be trying to halt a five-game losing skid when hitting the road against the Oklahoma City Thunder (33-15) on Friday, February 2, 2024 at Paycom Center. It airs at 8:00 PM ET on KSBI and BSSE.

The Thunder are a massive favorite against the Hornets when the Thunder and the Hornets meet. The Thunder are favored by 16.5 points.
The game’s point total is set at 233.5.

Thunder vs. Hornets Betting Odds

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• Spread: Oklahoma City -16.5
• Total: 233.5
• Moneyline: Oklahoma City -1685, Charlotte +938

• Pick ATS: Thunder (- 16.5)
• Pick OU:

  Under (233.5)
  

• Prediction:
  Thunder 126 – Hornets 104

• Oklahoma City has won 24, or 75%, of the 32 contests in which it was the favorite this year.
• Oklahoma City has yet to enter a game this year with shorter moneyline odds than -1685.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Oklahoma City has a 94.4% chance of pulling out a win.

• Charlotte has won 19% of the games this season it was the underdog on the moneyline (8-34).
• Charlotte has played as a moneyline underdog of +938 or longer in only one game this season, which it lost.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, Charlotte’s implied win probability is 9.6%.

• The Thunder average 120.4 points per game, only 0.1 more points than the 120.3 the Hornets allow.
• When Oklahoma City puts up more than 120.3 points, it is 21-5 against the spread and 22-4 overall.
• Charlotte is 10-9 against the spread and 9-10 overall when it scores more than 112.6 points.
• Oklahoma City’s record is 14-3-1 against the spread and 15-3 overall when it gives up fewer than 108.6 points.
• The Thunder are the NBA’s fourth-ranked scoring team (120.4 PPG), while the Hornets rank 25th in points per game allowed (120.3) in the league.
• Charlotte is the NBA’s 28th-ranked offense (108.6 PPG), while Oklahoma City is the 11th-ranked defense (112.6).
• The Thunder have out-scored their opponents by a total of 374 points this season (7.8 points per game on average), and opponents of the Hornets have out-scored them by 537 more points on the year (11.7 per game).

• The average implied total for Oklahoma City this season is 119.5 points, 5.5 fewer points than its implied total of 125 points in Friday’s game.
• So far this season, Oklahoma City has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (125) 20 times.
• The average implied point total on the season for Charlotte (118.2) is 9.2 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (109).

• Game Day: Friday, February 2, 2024
• Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
• TV Channel: KSBI and BSSE
• Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Arena: Paycom Center
• TV Channel: Bally Sports
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