Whoever handles analyzing the ratings of this year's playoffs is punching through the air right now. They must be sleeping good at night, waking up without needing to get annoyed that they have to spend another day going to work - because they love their work. I will say this one more time - THE NBA RIGHT NOW IS HAVING RECORD BREAKING RATINGS AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY GOT TO DO TO KEEP IT GOING.
The WCF Game 1 recently got the highest rating for WCF game ever! WCF game 2 we saw Wemby getting sexually exploited by Hartenstein and the fans around the world is rallying against it. The OKC playing the bad guys and Spurs as the good guys. The ECF is no way different, we watched how the mighty Brunson and Friends rallied back for an epic comeback. Narratives post game were saying that they (Knicks) attacked James Harden on purpose identifying as a weak spot in Cavs defense. I say they just got lucky and Cavs went cold.
So what does this tell us? Love for New York continues to pour, making them heavy favorites for the East. But that would be too easy - and too easy is not good for any business. The ECF is becoming too predictable for the past 7-8 games. The Knicks have been blowing out teams, making comebacks and Brunson always play the hero they always needed. This is not good. Even the owners of Knicks and MSG will not be happy for this, they are losing money every time the Knicks wins a game. So to keep this interesting, they need a CAVS win on the road to guarantee that this series will get extended.
I have been staring at the spread since last night and told myself everything points to the Knicks winning. T-8 hours from tip off and the money continue to go to the Knicks winning but the spread is moving the opposite way. This opened at +6.5 to 7.0 and now down to 5.5 on Pinnacle. I think Knicks is due for a regression. A meltdown. To humble them down or to bring them back to earth. They need a new villain after Trae Young, CJ Mccollum, and Jayson Tatum. Sam Merrill almost became the villain last game, and for this game I am thinking of Donovan Mitchell having a night and the beard waking up from his senses and show the world why he should be considered great.
CAVS ML +180
HT-FT BET KNICKS/CAVS
CAVS MARGIN 1-10
CAVS +6.0
KNICKS ML 1Q
KNICKS ML 1H
Come back to this post later after the Cavaliers steal game 2 and even the series!
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