West final game 6

OKC +3.5

My original take on this series is that it will go 7 games so I am loathe to go against that, yet... I kinda think this is a tough spot for the Spurs. Yes they were impressive blowing the champs out last time at home, not many teams can or have done that to the Thunder.

BUT, they had the Pop pep talk beforehand last time. He had never addressed this team like that all year. It was an absolute masterstroke by the legendary coach to do that after not poking his nose in all year despite the team taking off under its young phenom.

They can't use that card again now though, and it's a closeout game with the pressure of being at home and they're a young team. Maybe the big mans 3s stop falling. He has certainly made this series very interesting but i see some value getting the seasoned vets plus points in this spot. The pressure is sort of off them and yet they are the best road team in the league. They're the only team to win back to back in the series they could do it again. Of course if i lose I'll say oh i always knew it would go 7. I also have OKC title future so hopefully that isn't influencing me. It's a tough one. But I'll chance 1 unit.

After more thought, I'm gonna not play a side on the game tonight. Yes the Spurs can't use a Pop pep talk again to fire them up but also the Thunder may not get 42 points total from mccain and caruso,  the guys playing more minutes last time due to the injuries. Especially vs the Spurs defense which is one of the league's best. The Thunder are the deepest team in the NBA but it's like backup QBs who win in the NFL they are rhe hero for that first week usually fail to follow it up next week.

Instead of a side I think the Under might be a good play. But I'm not a totals player and every under i bet these playoffs seems to get torched. So yeah, switching this to a no play, sorry, it was just over the time to edit the post. It's a coin flip where i could see either team struggle for the reasons mentioned, and that would normally bring me to bet the Under but that's been nothing but torture these playoffs, tho the last Spurs OKC game in OKC was an under. I don't think this one will be a blowout and think it will just sneak under like 111-106 or something like that.

Spurs win tonight 

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