Golden State Warriors - Oklahoma City Thunder away win 4,05 pinnacleGolden State Warriors - Oklahoma City Thunder under 220 1,99 pinnacle
It ci#osted me a lot in this series to go against the public and I hope things will not be twisted further.
This is Game 5 of Western Conference Final while Oklahoma City leads the series 3-1.
Some history: Oklahoma was public bet in Game 1 and they won to my surprise, many people played on them to advance and they need to put final nail in Golden State coffin. Game 2 was dropped by Oklahoma, people were rightly expecting again Golden State will come back, then Game 3 and 4, both went against the public, as many of you saw golden opportunity to bet on the champions at brilliant odds....and fail.
Anyway, maybe it will be better when I stop overthinking and go 'from the heart'. It is very obvious for me Golden State is nowhere near all-time best NBA squad, they are just a seasonal team going far last year thanks to no serious opposition on the way. They have beaten absolute greenhorns New Orleans Pelicans, depleted Memphis, joke team Houston and one man team Cleveland. For 1,5 years they never faced serious challenge as teams like San Antonio, Oklahoma, Cleveland, and even healthy Clippers have had their own trouble.
It is very easy to confront Golden State style of play and such a game was killed in the nineties but rules change promoting offensive play and surprising inability to challenge them made many of you think new Barcelona of basketball was born. This is just entertaining team, rolling over defenseless packs. Some demoralizing blocks, bad day at the office in terms of percentage and Golden State shrinks, they face first serious challenge for 1,5 years and they are straight away in serious trouble.
If I try to imagine scenario for today I see low scoring game as both teams have interest in it. Golden State can not risk much with tens of three pointers and Oklahoma will try to keep the distance. This is kind of game where 4 point lead automatically triggers time out call. Even if Oklahoma City will not not win today they should cover + 7,5 points as game will be very balanced and both teams will be cautious.
A win is a win, for both teams for different reasons and there is absolutely no place for an exhibition game today.
Take Oklahoma City + 7,5 I am taking their win due to losses at the earlier stage of the rivalry and hope both of us will win