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With this in mind, we’ve begun a “Trend of the Day” series. Every weekday (or in this case, weekend) we’ll walk our subscribers through an important trend for that day’s slate of games.
It was only Monday when we were stuck figuring out ways to stack the entirety of Wizards-Thunder. Kevin Durant was no longer a “measly” $10,100 — Russ no longer $10,800 — though the implied total of 223, highest since Warriors-Kings took center stage on January 9, suggested finding ways to fit any and all involved into your lineups. Oklahoma City would roll Washington that evening but no matter. Come to find out it would all be for naught only two nights later.
With an implied total of 227, John Wall produced arguably the most overshadowed 65.25 DraftKings points in league history as Stephen Curry dropped 70.75 (this is where I’m supposed to mention that he recorded only two assists). But 227? That would live in infamy. If you didn’t get a piece of it then, your time would clearly have to wait until after the All-Star break, or in a matchup predetermined to play four overtimes.
But alas, here we are.
Because Thunder-Warriors isn’t just simply being labeled as a high-scoring game. It’s a clash of demigods. It’s a combined pace of light speed (or 201.9, for those interested). It’s The Monstars versus The Monstars. In one corner, otherworldly lifeforms that refuse to accept shattering the record for most three-point attempts in a single-season as some kind of tradeoff, simultaneously sinking them at a record-pace, as well. And in the other, Batman and Batman, because Robin wouldn’t cut it in this fairytale.
More to the point, it’s an implied total of 230.5. And considering both have played in at least a handful of high totals, it only seemed fitting to cap off our inaugural “Trend of the Day” week with a one-time Trend of the (Satur)Day.
Step 1: Vegas Filters > Total > Set to “220 to 227”
Step 2: Team Filters > Team > Select “Golden State Warriors, Oklahoma City Thunder”
Upon performing those two steps, your Trend should appear as the image below.
Step 3: Player Filters > Player Name > Sort by “Avg +/-”
Below is the entire list of how those on each team have performed in such games over the last calendar year. First, sorted from the top down:
Then, the bottom:
I hope this helps. Good luck out there tonight!
