Spring has arrived. While many people are excited about nature and its beauty, many are excited about being able to see high-level basketball played at the NBA playoffs. After the first 2 games, 4 teams defended their home court advantage safely, while other 4 games are tied at 1. Houston Rockets, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, and Portland Trail Blazers have 2 to nothing advantage. Philadelphia 76ers won very important game 2 after being defeated 111 – 102 at their court. It would be really uncomfortable for them to go to New York trailing 2 to 0. Embiid and folks tried really hard and with the great team basketball scored amazing 145 in 145 – 123 victory over Nets. 6 players scored 15+ points on their team and that was the key. Meanwhile, in Canada, Toronto Raptors prevented Orlando Magic from going 2 – 0 up very easily. Unlike the first game when Kyle Lowry couldn’t hit the ocean from the ship and Leonard doing the same, those 2 realized that they have to push a bit in game 2 and they did it. Leonard scored 37 and Lowry scored 22 with 7 assists and prevented big surprise. Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs are also tied at 1. Nuggets noticed that they have to start hiding Jokic in defense a bit after Spurs destroyed him offensively in game 1. It was obvious that Nikola was simply too static in defense which was easy to convert to the high number of easy points by strategic magician Greg Popovich. It started badly for Nuggets, they were 21 points down and it looked like easy 2 – 0 for Spurs but then the miracle happened. Jokic, Murray, and Burton played great 2nd half and beat Spurs for the series tie. If you think this was a great comeback, just wait to see the game we will analyze in depth for our betting tips. We saw the greatest comeback ever seen in NBA history. It was almost unbelievable to see what happened at Staples Center that night. Golden State Warriors, the best team of the regular season, had “safe” lead at the half. It was 73 – 50 for Warriors. Steph, Klay and the rest of the squad was routinely tracing their way to 0 – 2 lead and like 4 – 0 shootout. Doc Rivers, coach of La Clippers, told this to his squad: “I don’t know how, but we are going to win this game.”. It is unsure whether he believed it is going to happen, especially after 31 point advantage of Warriors at the middle of the 3rd quarter. But, that is exactly what happened. Lou Williams took the ball in his hands and destroyed Warriors defense. He scored 36 points, 8 from the free throw line. Harrell and Gallinari followed him with 25 and 24 points scored. Although it is a highly unexpected comeback, it shouldn’t have a significant impact on the Golden State Warriors way to a series victory. In this betting prediction, we are going to analyze game 5, which will be played on 24th April in Staples Center, Los Angeles.
It is expected that the game will be very exciting, but if you want to make it even more exciting, you can use some great freebet offers found at Betting Sites UK. Previous games of those two teams thought us the following: their games are likely to go over 220 points. Lou Williams and Montrez Harrell are important factors to the Clippers offense. Steph Curry can shoot from anywhere. With that in mind, it is likely that Steve Kerr will try to find the way to keep Harrell out of the paint and play more aggressive defense on Lou. If Warriors manage to follow this gameplan we believe it is going to be a routine win for them. They have a far more powerful offense which can easily produce more than 120 points anytime. With that in mind, here are the most attractive betting tips:
Golden State Warriors @ LA Clippers Golden State Warriors @1/3 (1.33)
Golden State Warriors @ LA Clippers Golden State Warriors -8.5 (H1) @5/6 (1.85)
Lou Williams 23.5 Over @5/6 (1.85)
Steph Curry 26.5 Over @5/6 (1.85)
Golden State Warriors @ LA Clippers Golden State Warriors over 120.5 @4/6 (1.67)
Golden State Warriors @ LA Clippers Game Total over 229.5 @5/6 (1.85)
All odds provided are found at bet365
Another game we will analyze is Philadelphia 76ers – Brooklyn Nets game 5
76ers turned their engine to full power after losing game one and now they are looking like a serious Playoff contender. Marjanovic and Embiid are outscoring Nets centers and perfectly guarding the paint. Without easy points on offence Nets are struggling to score heavily, while 76ers are really using their defence to create transitional offence. Simmons, Reddick and Saric are finding the three point shots easier when Embiid and Marjanovic are on double team coverage.
Betting tips for game 5:
Phiadelphia76ers – Brooklyn Nets Philadelphia to win @1/3 (1.33)
Phiadelphia76ers – Brooklyn Nets Philadelphia -7.5 @5/6 (1.85)
Phiadelphia76ers – Brooklyn Nets Marjanovic to score more than 9.5 @5/6 (1.85)
Phiadelphia76ers – Brooklyn Nets Reddick to score more than 13.5 @5/6 (1.85)
NBA Playoffs – basketball at its best.
It is not sure that we will guess all the bets but one thing is sure, we are going to see great basketball and more moments like this one. Good luck and enjoy the game!