The Cleveland Cavaliers will travel to Oakland, CA to square off with the Golden State Warriors at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California for Game Five of the NBA Finals. Tip-off is scheduled for 9:00 PM and is to be aired on ABC. After winning Game Three in Cleveland, the Cavs would once again fall to Golden State at home in Game Four as the Warriors have now taken a 3-1 lead in the series. As a direct result of a flagrant foul issued to him in Game Four, Warriors forward Draymond Green will be suspended for the festivities of Game Five. This game opened with the Warriors favored by 8, the suspension dropped the current betting odds on Game 5 to Golden State -5.5. The total was originally offered at 206 but has now been bet down to as low as 204.5 at some betting shops.
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After being routed in Game Three, the Warriors responded to Cleveland’s 120-90 victory in Game Three with a 108-97 win of their own in Game Four on Cleveland’s own court. Golden State was once again pitched as a pooch in this fixture and they nevertheless pulled off the win outright. The “Splash Brothers” once again rekindled their incendiary play by combining for 63 points.
After their Game Four victory, the Warriors are 88-15 SU and 59-42-2 ATS. Cleveland has now fallen to 47-50-3 ATS and 70-30 SU. With respect to the fact this series once again returns to the Oracle Arena, Golden State is 50-3 SU at home and they have defeated every team they have knocked off in the playoffs at the Oracle Arena in elimination games.
69% of the public are taking the Warriors and spotting the points. On the contrary, 55% of the public are with the Cavs on the Money Line at +200. Golden State requires a fair amount of juice on the Money Line at -240. The Total Line is currently offered at 204.5 with 74% of the consensus on the over.
