NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS 2022 SERIES

It’s the bubble, so no real home-court advantage. But fully healthy, the Warriors were better. The Raptors were better, thanks to injury. The 2019 Raptors are a pretty good comp for this Heat team that just finds a way to win with timely buckets - but Jimmy Butler isn’t what Kawhi Leonard was that season.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS 2022 SERIES

The Raptors somehow lose this game at home, by one, to send the series to Game 6 despite the Kevin Durant injury. The Warriors were better than everyone, arguably, in the history of the league. Golden State covers the 8.5 spread and the over hits with the Warriors putting up 129 to the Cavs’ 120. The Warriors were better, but, well, LeBron (and Kyrie Irving). The over hits behind Cleveland’s 112 points despite Golden State only scoring 97. I don’t feel like we need to go over this, but with no Draymond Green for the Warriors due to a suspension, the Cavaliers absolutely dominated Game 5 to begin the greatest comeback in NBA history. The Warriors weren’t that much better, but they were good enough.ĭon’t Be Fooled: Miami Deserves to Be Here Despite 3-1 Deficit Read now 2016: Warriors lead Cavaliers 3-1. Golden State backed off in Game 4 as the Rockets got their win for pride, but the Warriors closed out Game 5 to advance to their first Finals of the Stephen Curry era, covering the 10-point spread and holding Houston to 90 points for the under. The Rockets felt like they were in the series, only to see the Warriors hit them with a Hadouken fireball in Game 3 to effectively end the series with a win in Houston. The Rockets were in both games at Oracle, but the Warriors edged them out. The Spurs were much better - although I will always wonder what would have happened if LeBron doesn’t cramp up in Game 1 when the AC randomly stopped working. The Spurs played flawless basketball and dominated Game 5, winning and covering as a six-point favorite. With constant murmuring around the team of LeBron considering a return to Cleveland that summer, an old and tired Heat squad ran into a buzzsaw version of the team they beat the previous season in one of the all-time great NBA Finals. Let’s take a look at the last 10 years of the NBA Playoffs to see what we can learn about those spots. That becomes 5-4 over the last 10 years - (SU) and ATS - and 2-3 since 2019. Teams up 3-1 in a series are 10-5 straight up (SU) and 9-6 against the spread (ATS) since 2003 at home in Game 5 of the Conference Finals or Finals. If a team is down 3-1 in the Finals and does not have LeBron James, the series is also over. The Celtics just proved that in the Eastern Conference Finals. If a team is down 3-0, the series is over.

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