Originally Posted by
wantitall4moi
If you took the Spurs for the series already the 'smart' play is to take some of that and put it on OKC this game ML( +190). Then if OKC wins you have a free roll going. If Spurs win then youre on your way to collecting your series bet.
Of course at the odds now (-280) for the series Spurs are still a good value. They were -200 when it was 0-0, now up 1-0 they only got 80 cents more expensive. Of course action has moved those lines a little, as Spurs were actually -165 according to books at 0-0 and -290 when up 1-0. So the books moved the line 135. But because of action you can get a 40% discount.
What you do here depends on what you did prior to the series.
As far as an opinion on the game itself. OKC played pretty well in the first game and Spurs do what they do, even with guys having bad games other guys stepped up to help them grind by. THAT is why Spurs are the best team right now, they are deep and everyone can step up and deliver, their bench and role players arent a bunch of trash heap scrubs like the lakers have.
But as more attention gets put on the Spurs and their win streak people will start fading them as they will have that usual losers mentality that X cant happen Y times in a row. Sort of happening this game as money has sort of stagnated and people are maybe waiting for a better spot to take OKC but arent willing to bet a line that looks 'just about right' on Spurs.