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Old School Meets New School
A 3-0 start for both the Warriors and Clippers sets the stage for this division duel on ESPN Wednesday night. Golden State is 40-2 at home during the regular season since the start of last season, but the Clippers have the personnel to match-up. A big defensive effort is a must with Golden State scoring at least 100 points in each of its last 35 home games....
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been a bettors' dream to kick off the season, going 3-0 ATS to go with a 2-1 SU mark.After three tremendously tough games to kick off the season, things should settle down on this four-game home stand starting with the New York Knicks....
The Knicks won just seven times on the road all last season. They are a perfect 2-0 there to start this year and will test the defending Eastern Conference champion Cavaliers on Wednesday. It appears as if Carmelo Anthony has recovered from his knee surgery and the Knickerbockers look to continue their early season in a game against the Cavs, who are still without starting point guard Kyrie Irving....
An early season marquee matchup between Western Conference powers takes place when the Warriors host the Clippers. Stephen Curry and the Dubs didn’t take too kindly to Clips’ coach Doc Rivers’ claiming they got lucky to win the title last season. It’s not like Golden State needs more motivation against their Pacific Division rivals....
Cleveland dropped its season opener to the Bulls on Tuesday, but will look for a better result in Friday’s home opener when LeBron James and the Cavs host James’ former team, the Miami Heat....
To say that the Houston Rockets got off to a terrible start to their season is quite the understatement. Of all the teams to get crushed by, the Nuggets? A couple nights after failing to cover by a whopping 30.5 points, Houston will be back at it against the team which beat them in the Western Conference Finals last year, the Golden State Warriors....
The Clippers have a new logo and uniforms, but they have the old core of players that brought the team 56 wins and within a game of reaching the Western Conference Final last season. Along with the unis went the memories of that painful seven-game playoff loss to the Rockets after the Clips built a 3-1 series lead. With a deeper bench and an offseason of reflection, it’s time for Los Angeles to get back to work to put that disappointment behind them....
No one manages the regular season quite as well as Gregg Popovich does. He knows that his San Antonio Spurs are going to make the playoffs in the Western Conference, and he knows that they're going to be outmanned when he gets into the second season by star power.That said, would you bet against this team at this point, even at the twilight of the careers for Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker?...
The Oklahoma City Thunder didn't get into the playoffs last year, and perhaps that wasn't a bad thing. Russell Westbrook was already certainly burned out, and the team wasn't winning a series, let alone a championship.Now though, Kevin Durant is back from his season-ending foot injury from last year, and the Thunder should once again be amongst the favorites to win it all....
Legitimately, there is only one team which anyone is giving any chance to win the Eastern Conference. The Chicago Bulls though, have to feel like they can give the Cleveland Cavaliers a run for their money, and they'll want to prove that Tuesday on the opening night of the 2015-16 NBA season....
The city of New York has had a lot to cheer about of late. The Rangers have been great. The Mets are in the World Series. The Jets are off to a great start to their season. The Giants are at least in contention in the NFC East. The bugaboo in the room though, is the play of the New York Knicks. After a couple dismal seasons, there are higher expectations in the Big Apple this year for the Knickerbockers. If this team doesn't play better against the Atlanta Hawks, you can expect the boo birds to ...
The Timberwolves and Lakers tipoff in their regular season opener on Wednesday. Both are looking to improve as they finished in the bottom two spots in the Western Conference a season ago. There is hope for the future in Minnesota, but mourning in the present as their head coach, Flip Saunders passed away, losing his battle with cancer on Sunday....
Many will remember the 2014-15 Houston Rockets as the ones who came all the way back from 3-1 to the Clippers and won the series. However, what should be remembered is that they ended up losing in five games in the Western Conference Finals to the Warriors in spite of the fact that their bench was thinned out a ton. Houston is a trendy pick in 2015-16 to win the NBA title for sure, especially if it can stay healthy....
The window of opportunity has probably already closed on the Dallas Mavericks. Dirk Nowitzki's retirement is imminent, and Mark Cuban has really never put together the team around him to become a legitimate dynasty. That said, the Mavs did win 50 games last season, and anything less than that would be considered an abject failure, even in the toughest division in the NBA....
Last season was a disaster for the Thunder, missing out on the playoffs and on a full season of Kevin Durant. There’s hope both those scenarios will change this season. Durant has recovered from the foot problem that cost him most of the season, there’s depth behind the big two and a new coach in Billy Donovan to add a fresh perspective. The Spurs are the Spurs. But now they have LaMarcus Aldridge to carry the torch....
The defending NBA Champion Warriors will have a target on their back all season, making a repeat that more difficult, but also much more satisfying if they can get there. Golden State opens defense of its title against former assistant coach Alvin Gentry, who was hired from Steve Kerr’s staff to lead the Pelicans after the team made its first postseason appearance in four years. New Orleans was ousted in a four-game sweep by the eventual champions....
Payouts for futures bets are usually better than even, or greater than +100, so the amount staked is much less than the potential payout. Of course, the inherent risk of futures betting is the unknown of the future. BookMaker posts adjusted futures odds to win the NBA championship every day of the season....
The Golden State Warriors (15-5 SU, 10-10 ATS) can claim their first NBA Championship in 40 years with win over the Cleveland Cavaliers (14-5 SU, 10-9 ATS) Tuesday. You can watch the game live on ABC.The Warriors moved within one win of claiming their first title since 1975 by wearing down the depleted Cavaliers with a late surge for a 104-91 win on Sunday to take a 3-2 series lead. The Warriors have been favored in each game of the Finals and all but one game in this postseason. That trend will continue on Tuesday....
Give the Cleveland Cavaliers (67-34 SU, 49-52 ATS) all the credit in the world. They have fought and fought all series long against the best team in the NBA, the Golden State Warriors (82-20 SU, 57-44-1 ATS). Fatigue though, has really gotten to them each of the last two games, and that's why it's probably a good idea to bet against them in live betting on Tuesday in Game 6 of the NBA Finals....
The Golden State Warriors (82-20 SU, 57-44-1 ATS) have been waiting to take advantage of LeBron James not being on the court or being completely worn out over the course of the entire NBA Finals. They used James' bench time in the third quarter and his marginal and completely inefficient fourth quarter of Game 5 to go on a 13-4 run, and that's why they’re now one step from beating the Cleveland Cavaliers (67-34 SU, 49-52 ATS) to capture the Larry O'Brien Trophy....
The Cleveland Cavaliers (14-4 SU, 10-8 ATS) look to bounce back from a thumping on Thursday when they travel to the Golden State Warriors (14-5 SU, 9-10 ATS) Sunday for Game 5 of the NBA Finals.You can watch the game live on ABC....
It took three games to finally get things figured out, but the Golden State Warriors (81-20 SU, 56-44-1 ATS) got their act together and definitively looked like the better team against the Cleveland Cavaliers (67-33 SU, 49-51 ATS). The pressure will continue to mount though, as now, the expectation is there that Golden State will walk away with this series beginning in Game 5 Sunday night....
There were a few scary days there for the Golden State Warriors (81-20 SU, 56-44-1 ATS). They were down 2-1 in the NBA Finals and looked like they were getting totally outplayed, but now, they have a Game 4 romp under their belts and will look to win again in Game 5 against the Cleveland Cavaliers (67-33 SU, 49-51 ATS)....
The Golden State Warriors (13-5 SU, 8-10 ATS) look to even the NBA Finals when they visit the Cleveland Cavaliers (14-3 SU, 10-7 ATS) Thursday in Game 4. You can watch the game live on ABC.The Warriors haven’t lost three straight games all season and doing so now would force them to make the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history. No team has ever overcome a 3-1 series deficit so the Warriors don’t have to be reminded of the importance of Game 4. Golden State opened as 3-point favorites and was favored in all but one of their 18 playoff games....
