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The struggling San Antonio Spurs take their show on the road for a one-off game in Oklahoma City against the Thunder on Wednesday night. The Spurs are riding an eight-game losing skid with a 1-7 spread mark over that span. The Thunder come in on a two-game road losing streak. They did cover the spread in the most recent loss to the Pelicans as a +5.5-point road underdog losing 105 to 101. In the Spurs most recent loss which came in a back-to-back against the Lakers the Spurs put up a ton of points they just cannot stop anyone on the defensive end of the floor. They lost to the Lakers 143 to 138 in that contest. The Spurs own the worst defensive team in the league this season well at least when it comes to points allowed. Which is the most important stat in terms of defense because they do keep score in these games. Injuries are an issue for the Spurs as well two of their better defenders Jakob Poetl and rookie Jeremy Sochan at the time of this writing are both listed as questionable for tonight’s game. The TPR Index projects a point advantage of 11.83 points. The MM projects a point differential of +7.90 against the current line range. The Pace-Tempo Matrix has an offensive-defensive differential of 7.18. The SIM Matrix has the Oklahoma City Thunder with a 73.89 percent advantage against the oddsmakers number in this contest. The Spurs coming off at least three straight spread losses and now installed as an underdog in the current price range they are only 5-14 ATS including 3-14 ATS if they are a road underdog in this situation. OKC coming off a spread win and going Under in their last game and now face the Spurs they are 15-4-1 ATS including 10-1-1 ATS if they are installed as a home favorite versus the Spurs in this situation. With solid support on both ends of the floor for the home team we will lay the chalk with the Thunder on Wednesday night in OKC. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER

[ESPN] The ACC/Big 10 Challenge continues with the 18th ranked Tar Heels taking on the 10th ranked Hoosiers Wednesday night at the Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Tar Heels are coming off a quadruple-overtime home loss to the Pachyderms from Tuscaloosa 103 to 101. That was their second loss in row while the Hoosiers are coming off a 90 to 51 victory over Jackson State last Friday. UNC is 5-2 SU on the season with a record of 1-5-1 against the spread. The Hoosiers come in with a record of 6-0 SU and 4-1-1 against the number. These teams are close, but the Hoosiers hold the edge in a few key categories. One critical area is assist-to-turnover ratio which the Hoosiers hold a huge advantage ranked 14th in the nation with a 1.620 ratio and the Tar Heels come in ranked 149th in the nation with a 1.000 ratio. Our numbers also favor the Hoosiers in tonight’s game. The TPR Index projects a point advantage of 11.84 points. The MM projects a point differential of +7.97 against the current line range. The Pace-Tempo Matrix has an offensive-defensive differential of 7.23 with a transitional average of 42.08. The SIM Matrix has the Indiana Hoosiers with a 73.86 percent advantage against the oddsmakers number in this contest. Play Against non-conference road teams in the current price range coming off back-to-back spread losses on the road, 38-67-1 ATS including 27-50-1 ATS if they are a road underdog in this situation. With solid support for the Hoosiers, we will lay the short price with them on Wednesday night. INDIANA HOOSIERS