6:30 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Lakers -5.5, Over/Under: 217.5As one team will sit back satisfied in clinching the top seed in the West, the other finds themselves embroiled in a dogfight for positioning in the standings, as the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers face off from ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. When projecting the Playoff Field in the Western Conference, few people would have pegged the Thunder (41-25, 6th in … [Read more...]
Golden State Warriors @ Cleveland Cavaliers: Game Three
9:00 PM EST, ABC - Line: Warriors -5.5, Over/Under: 217.5 They say familiarity breeds contempt, and after game Two of the 2018 NBA Finals there is indeed no love lost between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers, as the venue shifts to Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio for Game Three. As was the case in each of the previous two Finals, the Warriors (58-24, 2nd in Western Conference) began the Series by holding serve on … [Read more...]
San Antonio Spurs @ Golden State Warriors: Game Two
10:30 PM EST, TNT - Line: Warriors -9.5, Over/Under: 205.5 With Game One now in the books, you'd be hard-pressed to imagine that the Golden State Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs ever met in last year's Western Conference Finals, but then again, these are far from the same two teams competing in Game Two of the First Round of the Playoffs from ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California. Typically, this series would be must-see basketball, but thanks … [Read more...]