Basketball Playoff Odds: Cavs Look To Even Series
The Golden State Warriors were favored in the basketball playoff odds in Game 1 of their championship series with the Cleveland Cavilers and they won and covered. Now the Cavs will be looking to even the series from the underdog position.
Golden State are –6.5-point favorites against the Cavs. The series odds have moved more in the favor of the Warriors after they took Game 1. Their moneyline is at -220.
The total for this game is set at 207.5. In Game 1 the combined score was 193 points, which is way UNDER the 210.5 total set for that game. The UNDER bettors were sent to the window in the Warriors last three games. The UNDER is going to be a favorite bet among bettors for Game 2.
The Cavs struggle against the Warriors, especially during the playoffs. They have lot their last four championship series games against the Warriors dating back to last year. Cleveland is also 2-3 straight up and 1-4 against the spread in their last five playoff road games. The sooner they can get out of the Golden State the better.
The game is tomorrow (Sunday) on ABC at 8 p.m. ET.