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Rogers' *10* Game 4 TOTAL MASSACRE >> PERFECT 3-0 in Finals!
(NBA) Golden State vs. Cleveland,
Total: 229.00 | -110.00 Over
Result: Loss
Total: 229.00 | -110.00 Over
Result: Loss
The set-up: How did we get here? K.D. left OKC to sign with the Warriors during the off-season and Golden State opened the 2016-17 season as prohibitive favorites with many calling them "the best team ever assembled." However, in the team's season opener, the Spurs visited Oakland and spanked the Warriors, 129-100! That was only a minor blip, as the Warriors entered the 60th game of their season back on Feb. 28th, 50-9. However, in that game at Washington, K.D. was hurt (hyperextended his knee). Golden State lost that game and four of its next six, including three in a row. The team's fifth loss in seven games came at San Antonio,107-85, as Kerr rested Curry, Thompson and Green. Was the "super team" in trouble?
Well, not so much! K.D. did not return until three games were left in the regular season but the Warriors ended the year winning 15 of 16 games, entering the postseason. While Durant had another minor injury scare in the playoffs (he missed two games), Golden State has won 15 straight playoff contests, going 11-4 ATS and leaving waste to the defending champs in The Finals, so far. The Cavaliers took their best shot and still fell short in Game 3 and now need to win four games in a row to pull off a historic comeback. The Warriors aren't just looking for revenge from last year's come-from-ahead loss to the Cavs (Golden St. led 3-1 before Cleveland took the last three games) or a second championship in three years, but they can become the first team in NBA history to navigate the playoffs without a loss (16-0, adding an extra Fo' to Moses Malone's famous Fo', Fo' Fo' prediction back in 1983).
Golden State: Durant scored 14 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter in Game 3 and is averaging 34.0-10.0-6.0 against the Cavs. "He took over," Golden State head coach Steve Kerr told reporters of Durant's Game 3 performance. "You can tell he knows this is his moment. He's been an amazing player in this league for a long time. He senses this is his time, his moment, his team." Durant is the clear favorite for Finals MVP but he isn't the only Warriors player enjoying a superb Finals. Curry, less than 100 percent healthy last year, has put the pain of last year's Finals loss in the rear-view mirror by averaging 28.7 points, 9.7 rebounds and 9.0 assists against the Cavs.
Cleveland: LBJ has averaged 32.0 PPG (on 55.4 percent shooting) against the Warriors, as well as 12.3 rebounds and 10.3 assists. After a 38-point Game 3, Kyrie is averaging 27.0 PPG in the series and despite an awful shooting performance on Wednesday (1 of 9), Love has averaged 17.0 & 13.7 in the series. However, the rest of Cleveland's players have been woefully inept. Tristan Thompson, in particular, has been brutal, failing to score a single point in Games 1 and 3, while pulling down a total of just 11 rebounds in three games (in comparison, the 6-3 Curry has 29 rebounds!).
The pick: Golden State's domination has inflated this line to where the Warriors are approaching being a 'TD' favorite at Cleveland (note: books put lines on all individual games prior to the series and had Cleveland at minus-two in Game 4!). I'm a perfect 3-0 in this series so far (Warriors in Game 1, Over in Game 2 and Warriors in the first-half of Game 4) and will play the Under as a 10* play here. The over/under number is headed towards 230, which I believe may be 'two TDs' higher than the final in this contest.
Well, not so much! K.D. did not return until three games were left in the regular season but the Warriors ended the year winning 15 of 16 games, entering the postseason. While Durant had another minor injury scare in the playoffs (he missed two games), Golden State has won 15 straight playoff contests, going 11-4 ATS and leaving waste to the defending champs in The Finals, so far. The Cavaliers took their best shot and still fell short in Game 3 and now need to win four games in a row to pull off a historic comeback. The Warriors aren't just looking for revenge from last year's come-from-ahead loss to the Cavs (Golden St. led 3-1 before Cleveland took the last three games) or a second championship in three years, but they can become the first team in NBA history to navigate the playoffs without a loss (16-0, adding an extra Fo' to Moses Malone's famous Fo', Fo' Fo' prediction back in 1983).
Golden State: Durant scored 14 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter in Game 3 and is averaging 34.0-10.0-6.0 against the Cavs. "He took over," Golden State head coach Steve Kerr told reporters of Durant's Game 3 performance. "You can tell he knows this is his moment. He's been an amazing player in this league for a long time. He senses this is his time, his moment, his team." Durant is the clear favorite for Finals MVP but he isn't the only Warriors player enjoying a superb Finals. Curry, less than 100 percent healthy last year, has put the pain of last year's Finals loss in the rear-view mirror by averaging 28.7 points, 9.7 rebounds and 9.0 assists against the Cavs.
Cleveland: LBJ has averaged 32.0 PPG (on 55.4 percent shooting) against the Warriors, as well as 12.3 rebounds and 10.3 assists. After a 38-point Game 3, Kyrie is averaging 27.0 PPG in the series and despite an awful shooting performance on Wednesday (1 of 9), Love has averaged 17.0 & 13.7 in the series. However, the rest of Cleveland's players have been woefully inept. Tristan Thompson, in particular, has been brutal, failing to score a single point in Games 1 and 3, while pulling down a total of just 11 rebounds in three games (in comparison, the 6-3 Curry has 29 rebounds!).
The pick: Golden State's domination has inflated this line to where the Warriors are approaching being a 'TD' favorite at Cleveland (note: books put lines on all individual games prior to the series and had Cleveland at minus-two in Game 4!). I'm a perfect 3-0 in this series so far (Warriors in Game 1, Over in Game 2 and Warriors in the first-half of Game 4) and will play the Under as a 10* play here. The over/under number is headed towards 230, which I believe may be 'two TDs' higher than the final in this contest.
