Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors: Game 5 Odds, Betting Stats

June 12th, 2015 by OddsShark.com Leave a reply »
The Golden State Warriors finally put together their best performance of the 2015 NBA Finals in Game 4, justifying the line move in their favor after opening as 2.5-point favorites and closing as four-point road chalk in a 103-82 rout of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Warriors covered the spread in the series for the first time since a 108-100 overtime victory in Game 1, and they are 8.5-point home favorites at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark for Game 5 Sunday.

Golden State went with a smaller lineup against Cleveland, and that move made by head coach Steve Kerr helped even the NBA Finals at 2-2 heading back to Oakland, where his team has won 47 of 51 games this season.

The Warriors are 8-2 straight up at Oracle Arena in the playoffs but just 4-6 against the spread according to the Odds Shark NBA Database, and they will be trying to cover the biggest number in the series so far as favorites for the fifth time in as many games.

Andre Iguodala replaced Andrew Bogut in the starting lineup for Golden State in Game 5, and he responded by tying NBA MVP Stephen Curry with a team-high 22 points while playing stellar defense on Cavs star LeB ...

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