NBA FINALS line

[BleedDodgerBlue]

wondering what you guys think the nba finals line will be....

my guess

vs. Miami
San Antonio -240

vs. Detroit
San Antonio -300

any thoughts?

 

[gjn23]

series lines at times can be strange......i wouldnt think they would be that high (take off 40-60 for each series)...then again in title games/series the lines are never what they should be.

 

[gman2]

i dont think youll see over 200 for either series. i think a lot of the phoenix line was vegas being skeptical as to whether or not phoenix's style was conducive to winning in the playoffs when the games get physical. both detroit and miami have legit interior guys and both have playoff experience. i dont think it'll be more than -180 for either series, but like gjn said, the lines are unpredictable sometimes.

 

[BleedDodgerBlue]

not so sure about that gman.

like you both said finals lines are unpredictable. the lakers last year were -500 or higher to open. granted that was a team of names. S.A. this year would have beaten either Detroit or LA last year in my opinion the way they are playing now.

i can personally guarantee that if S.A. plays Detroit it'll be over -200. not that my guarantee means squat. S.A. is visibly better than either detroit or miami. not to say either team can't win, but they do have home court regardless. I can see Miami with two name recognizable players being close to the -200 line, but I'd be surprised if Detroit was much under -275.

again, i've been wrong before. hopefully we will never know a detroit line as i'm invested fairly heavily on miami.

thanks for the replies. just seeing what my options are as the playoffs progress.

 

[Scott4USC]

Take Spurs to win series and then take the opposing team to win series after game 1. Almost a lock Spurs will win game 1 especially if Heat/Pistons series goes the distance. Spurs best home team in NBA. Very dangerous.

My guess is Spurs -220 to win series against Detroit and -170 against Heat.

Last night Detroit was 5.5-1 to win NBA championship down 2 games to 1.

 

[BleedDodgerBlue]

the problem with that theory Scott is teams play so unpredictable after a long layoff.

not taking anything away from Detroits game one win at Miami, but they were coming off a long layoff and Wade looked lost.

SA has a week off to sit on their ass. They can practice all they want, but its not a game situation. I would venture to say that whoever plays SA in game one would be decent to take the points. Teams are awful with prolonged rest.

 

[Scott4USC]

the problem with that theory Scott is teams play so unpredictable after a long layoff.

not taking anything away from Detroits game one win at Miami, but they were coming off a long layoff and Wade looked lost.

SA has a week off to sit on their ass. They can practice all they want, but its not a game situation. I would venture to say that whoever plays SA in game one would be decent to take the points. Teams are awful with prolonged rest.

I usually agree with that take but Spurs are solid offensively and defensively. Heat and Pistons both go in scoring droubts and Spurs "might" be a better defensive team than both of them. Spurs certainly won't have tired legs and Spurs can run or play half court. Plus Spurs are great at home.

Suns played well in game 1 against Dallas after long layoff. Detroit played well game 1 after long layoff prior to playing Indiana.

Lastly, Spurs are deep team and can run somewhat efficient practices. But Duncan getting rest might present an all new Duncan and he won't have to play tough defense if he faces Detroit.

 

[HoopsGuru]

i see that the spurs are -180 right now at the greek to win the title. pistons are around +460 and heat around +375. spurs look pretty solid at -180 right now.

 

[fla]

Man oh man.

I hope these projected lines are right because the Heat/Pistons winner will win the title in six games.

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