NBA Finals Betting: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors Game 5 Odds

June 12th, 2016 by OddsShark.com Leave a reply »
The Golden State Warriors finally saw their two top scorers go off in the NBA Finals, and that has given them the opportunity to win back-to-back championships at Oracle Arena in Game 5 on Monday night.

The Warriors won last year’s title on the road in Game 6 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and they are listed as 5.5-point favorites at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark to clinch it at home this time around in Game 5.

Thanks to an NBA Finals-record 17 three-pointers in Game 4 at Cleveland, Golden State upset the Cavs 108-97 as a 2.5-point underdog Friday. The Warriors won for the eighth time in nine meetings straight up and covered the spread for the seventh time over that stretch, according to the Odds Shark NBA Database.

Two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry scored a series-high 38 points that included seven three-pointers while Klay Thompson added 25 with four from beyond the arc. Neither had managed to score 20 or more in the first three games, as their teammates stepped up instead to give them an edge.

Cleveland’s LeBron James padded his stats late in Game 4 and finished with 25 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists. James ...

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