So it's the second round of the playoffs and we are getting closer to what everybody, at least me anyway, wants to see: The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors for the third year in a row. Can Lebron James repeat for the Land? Will Kevin Durant finally get what he came to the Bay area for, a championship? Ok ok, I'll calm down. But come on, we all know it's inevitable that these two will meet up! I guess we have to get through the second round before any of that can happen though.
The Warriors take on the Jazz tonight at the Oracle Arena in Game 1 of their playoff series. Golden State hasn't played a game since April 24th, but I don't see rust being a problem tonight against the Jazz. The Jazz are a solid team, they had five double digit scorers against the Clippers. Joe Johnson seems like he's winning a small battle with father time, and Gordon Hayward continues to show why he was selected to his first ever All-Star Game appearance. However, I just don't think they have enough to win this series against the Warriors. Golden State just has too much offensive power and they play great team defense all starting with Draymond Green on that end of the floor. JaVale Mcgee is literally the all time MVP on Shaqtin a fool!! But with the Warriors he has become a consistent rim protector and alley-oop finisher. The game is a lot easier when you have 4 all stars around you. Golden State has won 12 of its last 13 home games and I look for them to make it 13 out of 14 tonight. The Jazz are 5-0 ATS in their last five road games, but 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games in Golden State. I think the Jazz will only win one game in this series and it will probably be in Utah. I don't see any of the games in Oracle being very close, Golden State should cover the spread tonight at -13.
On the other side of the country we have Game 2 between the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards. For me its simple, John Wall and Bradley Beal need to play like All Stars every single game if they want to give themselves a chance to win this series. Boston is playing with tons of energy right now and their three balls are falling. Not to mention the whole city is behind IT after what happened to his sister and I feel like there is extra motivation for this Boston team. Markieff Morris is banged up with a sprained left ankle, and even if he does play for the Wizards I don't see him being nearly as efficient. Boston is 5-0 ATS in their last five games, while the Wizards are 0-6 ATS their last 6 games in Boston. The favorite is 8-2 ATS in the last 10 meetings between these two teams and the home team is 5-0 ATS in the last five meetings. I just really like those numbers and I know trends can change at any time but I'm going with Boston tonight at -5.
The Warriors take on the Jazz tonight at the Oracle Arena in Game 1 of their playoff series. Golden State hasn't played a game since April 24th, but I don't see rust being a problem tonight against the Jazz. The Jazz are a solid team, they had five double digit scorers against the Clippers. Joe Johnson seems like he's winning a small battle with father time, and Gordon Hayward continues to show why he was selected to his first ever All-Star Game appearance. However, I just don't think they have enough to win this series against the Warriors. Golden State just has too much offensive power and they play great team defense all starting with Draymond Green on that end of the floor. JaVale Mcgee is literally the all time MVP on Shaqtin a fool!! But with the Warriors he has become a consistent rim protector and alley-oop finisher. The game is a lot easier when you have 4 all stars around you. Golden State has won 12 of its last 13 home games and I look for them to make it 13 out of 14 tonight. The Jazz are 5-0 ATS in their last five road games, but 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games in Golden State. I think the Jazz will only win one game in this series and it will probably be in Utah. I don't see any of the games in Oracle being very close, Golden State should cover the spread tonight at -13.
On the other side of the country we have Game 2 between the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards. For me its simple, John Wall and Bradley Beal need to play like All Stars every single game if they want to give themselves a chance to win this series. Boston is playing with tons of energy right now and their three balls are falling. Not to mention the whole city is behind IT after what happened to his sister and I feel like there is extra motivation for this Boston team. Markieff Morris is banged up with a sprained left ankle, and even if he does play for the Wizards I don't see him being nearly as efficient. Boston is 5-0 ATS in their last five games, while the Wizards are 0-6 ATS their last 6 games in Boston. The favorite is 8-2 ATS in the last 10 meetings between these two teams and the home team is 5-0 ATS in the last five meetings. I just really like those numbers and I know trends can change at any time but I'm going with Boston tonight at -5.
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