The Golden State Warriors are hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight in NBA Playoff action for the Western Conference Finals. The game is scheduled for a 9:00 p.m. start time and it will be televised nationally on TNT. Currently the betting odds for the game have the Warriors favored to pick up the win at home.
NBA Playoff Odds
Golden State -7.5
Total: 223.5 points
Golden State won all three meetings during the regular season between these two teams. Steph Curry won the NBA's first unanimous MVP this season, now the Warriors are only four wins over Oklahoma City away from fighting for a repeat championship this season.
Between Curry and Oklahoma City's dominant duo of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, there will be three guys on the floor that are legitimate superstars. All three can take games over and get their team a victory, the Durant/Westbrook combination led the Thunder to a 4-2 series win over the San Antonio Spurs in the last round. Both the Spurs and Warriors were the talk of the NBA this season as each pushed for 70 wins on the season, but it looks like the Spurs just ran out of gas.
Oklahoma City took advantage of that, and the Thunder are the best rebounding team in the league, which could give them a bit of an advantage here. The Thunder went big against San Antonio and it worked well, in this series Steven Adams and Serge Ibaka on the floor at the same time definitely has a pro-con situation.
Golden State is obviously the best offensive team in the league, Oklahoma City is going to have to find a way to slow that down. This is the fourth time in six seasons Durant and the Thunder are in the Western Conference Finals, which means the experience will help, but the Thunder need to be lights-out offensively.
The Warriors are tough at home, tonight they take the 1-0 lead.
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