The Spurs and Thunder play Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals tonight at 8 PM ET at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. The Thunder are 3.5-point home favorites at most books after opening at 4.5, with the total at 212.5. Whoever wins meets the Knicks in the NBA Finals starting Tuesday. Whoever loses goes … Read more
San Antonio beat Oklahoma City 118-91 in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals on Thursday night, covered as 3.5-point home favorites by 23.5 points, and forced a winner-take-all Game 7 on Saturday in Oklahoma City. Victor Wembanyama scored 28 points with 10 rebounds and 3 blocks, hitting his first three 3-point attempts and finishing … Read more
San Antonio hosts Oklahoma City tonight in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, down 3-2 and facing elimination, and the Spurs are 3.5-point home favorites. That number is the story. The team trailing the series, the team that scored 20 points from its franchise center on 4-of-15 shooting two nights ago, is favored to … Read more
Oklahoma City beat San Antonio 127-114 in Game 5 on Tuesday night, covered as 5.5-point home favorites, and took a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference Finals with one win to go. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32. Alex Caruso went 4-of-8 from three for 22 off the bench. Jared McCain, starting his first playoff game ever, … Read more
The Spurs beat the Thunder 103-82 in Game 4 on Sunday night, covered as 2.5-point home favorites, and evened the Western Conference Finals at 2-2. Victor Wembanyama scored 33 points on 11-of-22 shooting, grabbed 8 rebounds, dished 5 assists, and blocked 3 shots. Oklahoma City scored 82 points. That was the second-lowest postseason total in … Read more
The Knicks won 121-108 in Cleveland on Saturday night, covered as 2.5-point road underdogs, and took a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. Jalen Brunson scored 30 points. Mikal Bridges added 22. OG Anunoby chipped in 21. New York is now one win from its first NBA Finals appearance since 1999, and has won … Read more
San Antonio led 15-0 less than three minutes into Game 3 at the Frost Bank Center on Friday night. Oklahoma City won 123-108, covered as 1.5-point road underdogs, and took a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference Finals. The Thunder bench scored 76 points. The Spurs bench scored 23. That gap is the series. The … Read more
The Knicks beat the Cavaliers 109-93 at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night, covered as 6.5-point favorites for the second straight game, and took a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. There was no overtime, no 22-point comeback, no historical statistical anomaly. Just New York playing the way the pre-series numbers said they would, … Read more
Oklahoma City evened the Western Conference Finals at 1-1 on Wednesday night, beating San Antonio 122-113 to cover as 6.5-point home favorites. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander put up 30 points and 9 assists. The Thunder bench outscored the Spurs bench 57-25. And San Antonio coughed the ball up 21 times for 27 Oklahoma City points. If Game … Read more
Cleveland led 93-71 with 7:52 left in the fourth quarter at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night. Anyone holding Cavaliers +6.5, or even the +7.5 the DraftKings opener offered, was looking at one of the easier covers of the postseason. Then the floor disappeared. New York closed the game on a 44-11 run, dragged it … Read more