Oklahoma City at Denver

Most folks expected this series to be up-and-down the floor with two big offenses, and teams that like to play at a fast pace. What has happened here is just the opposite with games progressively being lower scoring than the last as the series moves forward. Denver has become a better defensive team since the Melo trade, and with their backs to the wall I anticipate a huge defensive effort early in this one. Two of the first three in this series have seen the first-half UNDER hit. Denver is 29-18 UNDER in the first half this season to a total between 100.5 and 105.5. They are also 25-16 UNDER in the first-half when facing a winning team this year. Play the first half to finish UNDER.