*Original betting lines and lineups taken game morning, adjust accordingly.
2017 NBA Finals Picks
Cleveland @ Golden State – Oracle Arena
NBA FINALS – GAME 5
GOLDEN STATE LEAD – 3-1
Picks against the spread
| Spread Pick | O/U Points | Result |
| Warriors | Under | Warriors |
| -8.5 | 230.5 | 129-120 |
Season Win/Loss
| TEAM | HOME | ROAD |
| Warriors | 36-5 | 31-10 |
| Cleveland | 31-10 | 20-21 |
Season Points +/-
| TEAM | PPG | OPP PPG | DIFF |
| Warriors | 115.9 | 104.3 | +11.6 |
| Cavaliers | 110.3 | 107.2 | +3.1 |
Season Matchup
| Game 4 | Cavaliers | Warriors | 137 : 116 |
| Game 3 | Cavaliers | Warriors | 113 : 118 |
| Game 2 | Warriors | Cavaliers | 132 : 113 |
| Game 1 | Warriors | Cavaliers | 113 : 91 |
| 17.01.17 | Warriors | Cavaliers | 126 : 91 |
| 26.12.16 | Cavaliers | Warriors | 109 : 108 |
The Trends-
- Under is 7-1-2 in the last 10 meetings in Golden State.
Cavaliers are 2-5 ATS in the last 7 meetings in Golden State. - Warriors are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games playing on 2 days rest.
The Say –
Twelve months later and we are back at 3-1, however there are a few differences… Draymond Green isn’t suspended for this game, and no team has won 4 in a row from being 0-3, with the obvious upgrade being Durant replacing Harrison Barnes.
LeBron James has played 166 minutes out of a total of 192. That’s 85% of game time that LeBron is on the court. Here’s looking at another 40+ minute game from the King tonight (throw that in a player prop).
Cleveland hit an NBA finals record 24 three pointers in Game 4 (53.3% from the arc). Along with big games from the Cavs’ big three and a record 86 points in the first half shows that a lot went in the way of the yellow and maroon, possibly a lot of it deemed lucky.
The Warriors missed out on a 16-0 post season record, but going 16-1 tonight puts them up with the 2000-01 Lakers (Not a bad team with Shaq, Kobe, Fox, Horry, Harper, Fisher and Horace Grant).
2016 Game 5 saw both LeBron and Kyrie knock down 41 points each to bring a rare away win. The Warriors were without Green and the load went on Curry and Thompson with Harrison Barnes only putting up 5 points. The Durant effect will be on display tonight with all signs pointing to a Championship.
If the Warriors go down, nightmares of last year will begin to surface.
The Best Pick – Golden State -8.5 @-110 – BetOnline – WINNING BET
