{"id":340939,"date":"2025-04-21T16:36:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T20:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=340939"},"modified":"2025-04-21T16:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T20:36:05","slug":"grizzlies-vs-thunder-game-2-nba-sgp-predictions-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/grizzlies-vs-thunder-game-2-nba-sgp-predictions-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies vs. Thunder SGP predictions Game 2: Take OKC to cover, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to shine at +370"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Oklahoma City Thunder head into Game 2 of their NBA playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies riding high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Oklahoma City demolished the Grizzlies by 51 points and I&#8217;ll take OKC to cover the spread once again on Tuesday. Picks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/ja_morant\">Ja Morant<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/shai_gilgeous_alexander\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> round out this +370 same-game parlay recommendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Grizzlies vs. Thunder first-round SGP predictions for Game 2 on April 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grizzlies vs. Thunder predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full NBA betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Thunder -11.5 | Morant 6+ assists | Gilgeous-Alexander 30+points (+370)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:112756\">Embed: #112756<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Thunder -11.5<\/strong> (-162):<\/strong> Things couldn&#8217;t have gone better for the Thunder in the opening game. OKC walked away with a 131-80 win that was never close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although not to the same degree, this has been the story between these two teams this season:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dec. 29:<\/strong> Thunder win 130-106<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Feb. 8:<\/strong> Thunder win 125-112<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>March 5:<\/strong> Thunder win 120-103<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>March 27:<\/strong> Thunder win 125-104<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, Memphis has lost 10 straight games in this matchup dating back to 2022. Eight of those losses came by double-digit points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t expect the Grizzlies to lose by 50 again, but they&#8217;ve shown nothing to suggest they can compete with the Thunder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Morant 6+ assists <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(-152):<\/strong> In his very limited 23 minutes of action in Game 1, Morant still managed to record four assists on 12 potential assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grizzlies shot a putrid 32-for-93 from the floor (6-for-34 from three).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Memphis makes a few more shots, Morant clears this mark even in the blowout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I fully expect Morant to play 30-plus minutes in Game 2 and continue being the lead facilitator for his squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He cleared this total in 12 of the final 14 games before the postseason and both outings against Oklahoma City during the regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Gilgeous-Alexander 30+ points<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (-159):<\/strong> The leading MVP candidate fell well short of this line on Sunday, scoring 15 points on 4-of-13 shooting (1-for-7 from deep).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He played just 23 minutes in the dominating win, but that&#8217;ll surely be an outlier when this series is over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the regular season, SGA dominated the Grizzlies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dec. 29:<\/strong> 35 points <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Feb. 8:<\/strong> 32 points <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>March 5:<\/strong> 41 points <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>March 27:<\/strong> 37 points <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That averaged out to 36.3 points per game across the four meetings on  53.4% shooting. I&#8217;m predicting a bounce-back performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Grizzlies vs. Thunder<\/em> predictions made at 3:24 p.m. ET 04\/21\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oklahoma City Thunder head into Game 2 of their NBA playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies riding high. The pregame narrative: Oklahoma City demolished the Grizzlies by 51 points and I&#8217;ll take OKC to cover the spread once again on Tuesday. Picks on Ja Morant and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander round out this +370 same-game parlay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":340956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-340939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grizzlies vs. Thunder predictions Game 2: NBA playoffs SGP | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Game 2 Grizzlies vs. Thunder SGP predictions. 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