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With this in mind, we’ve begun a “Trend of the Day” series. Every weekday we’ll walk our subscribers through an important trend for that day’s slate of games.

Before you say anything: yes, “Thunder in back-to-backs” has certainly made an appearance in our Trend of the Day. Being involved in the lowest-implied total of the evening, however, “Thunder in lower implied totals” certainly has not. And given that both Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant own the two highest salaries no matter the site you play on in tonight’s slate, it seems relevant to that a look at their respective performances when projected to score below their atypical average.

Trend: The Thunder in Lower Implied Totals this Season

Step 1: Team Filters > Team > Set “Oklahoma City Thunder”

Step 2: Time Filters > NBA Season > Set “2015-16”

Step 3: Vegas Filters > Team Score > Set “97.5 – 104”

Since the point of this exercise is to see how each player for Oklahoma City has performed on average in said instances, I’m going to creep on them individually (Player Filters > Player Name) rather than skimming through past results.

And just like that, we can now see that Westbrook has failed to meet expectations by a total of -6.5 points in six instances of lower implied totals, while Enes Kanter has more notably produced a Plus/Minus of -14.3. Though I weigh the latter’s production more heavily than Westbrook’s in this particular Trend, I would still stress that seven games only account for 10% of Oklahoma City’s season. In other words: grain of salt.

Good luck tonight!