NBA Games of the Week: Epic 40-point blowout potential

NBA Games of the Week: Epic blowout potential

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SALT LAKE CITY, UT – OCTOBER 21: Carmelo Anthony /

Saturday, Oct. 28: Oklahoma City at Chicago, 8:00 p.m. EST

The Bulls pulled the bad break this week. While the Suns could’ve made the list multiple times, they only play three games this week and only have one heavyweight that is capable of winning by 40. Sadly for the Bulls, they have the Cavs and Thunder, so we’d be silly not to take advantage.

In the Bulls’ defense, their game against the Thunder is at home and the Thunder will be playing on the second-half of a back-to-back. They haven’t put together the Big Three of Paul George, Russell Westbrook and Carmelo Anthony just yet. Anthony showed his merit against the Timberwolves by making a 3-pointer near the end of regulation, only for the Thunder to fall apart on defense and allow Andrew Wiggins to drill the winning shot.

The Thunder are a risky pick even after considering everything already mentioned with the Bulls, but there’s always risk when you’re going for the five-team 40-point winners.

The Thunder have hit 11 3-pointers in each of their first three games, which for them is a huge step — last season they only averaged 8.4 makes per game from deep, which ranked 26th in the league. To win by 40 can they up to about 13-15 makes?

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