NBA Finals Game 6 Betting Preview & Prediction: Golden State Warriors at Cleveland Cavaliers

June 16, 2015 by R Keough

“Between the Chalk”

9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio

After losing Game 5 to go down 3-2 in NBA Final, LeBron James stepped to the podium and proclaimed himself “the best player in the world.” He just may be, but he’ll have to put his money where his mouth is when his Cleveland Cavaliers (67-34, 49-52-0 ATS) host the Golden State Warriors (82-20, 57-44-1 ATS) in Game 6 on Tuesday night.

LeBron once again led the world in points (40), rebounds (14) and assists (11), good for his second triple double of the Finals. He went 15-34 from the field, going 3-8 from behind the arc and 7-9 from the free throw line, as he tries to end Cleveland’s 51-year major sports championship drought.

Regular season MVP Stephen Curry did his part to help to bring the Warriors their first title since 1975, scoring 37 points with seven rebounds, four assists and two steals. He went 13-23 from the field and got his long-range shot back going 7-13 from 3-point range.

Curry helped seal the deal with 17 fourth quarter points and a huge Game 5 104-91 win. It took Curry only 13 games to pass Reggie Miller’s NBA Playoff record 58 three-pointers, and now has an incredible 95!

The Warriors got 12 or more points from four starters, with Leandro Barbosa coming off the bench to score 13 going 4-5 from the field. Draymond Green produced 16 points, nine rebounds, six assists and a block.

Lebron’s 40 points were only eleven more than the remainder of the Cavalier’s 51. Tristan Thompson had a strong game with 19 points, ten rebounds, two blocks and 2 steals.

For bettors using sites for local bookies online that like the Warriors to win the series will find them listed at -2000. The Cavaliers are a huge +900 underdog to come from behind to bring the NBA title to Cleveland.

Curry’s regular season MVP title wasn’t much of a debate this year, and now you’ll have to pay -180, as bookie software users have him the favorite to win the Finals MVP award. LeBron, who is just over an assist and a half away from a Finals series game average triple double with 36.6 points, 12.4 rebounds and 8.4 assists per game, is at +120 to take home Finals MVP honors.

Pay Per Head experts like those at Premier Per Head local bookmaking software online currently have the Warriors a 3½-point road favorite with the total at 194.

Offshore Bookmaker Prediction

LeBron and home court advantage will be enough to send the NBA Finals to a Game 7, a night after the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in six to win the Stanley Cup. King LeBron will get enough help from Thompson, J.R. Smith and Matthew Dellavedova to get the series back to the Bay.

Golden State won’t make it easy on them though, as they will match whatever Cleveland throws at them most of the way.