NBA Finals Game 5 Betting Prediction

June 14, 2015 by R Keough

NBA Finals Game 5 Betting Prediction: Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors

“Between the Chalk”

8:00 PM ET, Sunday, June 14, 2015
Oracle Arena, Oakland, California

The Golden State Warriors (81-20, 56-44-1 ATS) showed why they had as many wins (67) in the regular season as the Cleveland Cavaliers (67-33, 49-41-0 ATS) have in the regular season and playoffs combined. The Warriors outscored Cleveland 27-12 in the fourth quarter en route to a 103-82 game four victory to even the series at two games apiece.

LeBron James had scored a game high in Cleveland’s previous seven playoff games before scoring only 20 points in game 4, while Timofey Mozgov led all players with 28. James did have 13 rebounds and eight assists, with Mozgov chipping in with ten rebounds.

The remainder of the Cleveland starters combined went 11 for 33 from the field scoring 27 points with the bench helping with only seven. They went 4-27 from 3-point range as a team, good for only 14.8%.

Andre Iguodala made coach Steve Kerr look like a genius, after giving him his first start of the season in game 4. His defense was key while matching Stephen Curry with a team high 22 points. Iguodala also shared a team high 8 rebounds with Harrison Barnes and Shaun Livingston.

Hopefully the extra days rest will give the Cavs starters the rest they need with coach David Blatt playing only 7 or 8 guys. His team looked spent in game 4, as bettors using sites for local bookies that had action on the OVER were yelling at their TV screens.

The UNDER is now 3-1 with three straight low scoring affairs in the playoffs and is 6-1 in the last seven meeting between these two overall. Bookie software users currently have the total at 195½ for game 5.

Pay Per Head experts like those at Premier Per Head PPH local bookie software online currently have the Warriors an 8½-point home favorite with Cleveland 5-11 ATS in their last 16 games versus Golden State, and are 2-6 ATS in their last eight contests at Oracle Arena.

USA Online Sports Betting Prediction

Golden State have lost only four games at home all year, with their last coming in the most recent game there last Sunday in game 2. It’s hard to imagine them losing two in a row at home.

LeBron, J.R. Smith, Matthew Dellavedova and the rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers have to shoot better than they did in game 4. They will keep it close enough to cover the 8½, but the Warriors will take a 3-2 series lead heading back to Cleveland.