The Golden State Warriors improved to 7-0 straight up and 6-1 against the spread in their last seven games against the Cleveland Cavaliers with two straight blowout wins to start the NBA Finals.
Warriors vs. Cavaliers 2016 odds: Cleveland home dog vs. Golden State in Game 3 of NBA Finals
The road-favored Golden State Warriors will be looking to continue their dominance over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
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The Warriors will look for similar results on the road this Wednesday night in Game 3.
Golden State is a 1-point road favorite for Game 3 at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. In seven road games this postseason, the Warriors are 3-4 SU and ATS.
For the second straight game in this series, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson each failed to reach 20 points on the scoresheet in Game 2. And once again, It had no effect at all on the final score. The Warriors gave an emphatic encore to Game 1 with a 110-77 blowout victory.
This time around it was Draymond Green leading the way on offense with a 28-point performance, including a 5-of-8 day from behind the arc. But more importantly, the defense once again was able to smother the Cavaliers’ attack.
Dating back to last year’s finals, the Warriors are 17-5 straight up and 16-6 against the spread in their last 22 postseason games per the OddsShark NBA Database. The Warriors are 5-0 SU and ATS since falling behind the Oklahoma City Thunder 3-1 in the Western Conference Finals.
No team in NBA history has lost the first two games of an NBA Finals by more than the combined 48 points by which the Cavaliers lost Game 1 and Game 2. The absence of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love was emphasized during last year’s finals, but both players have been ineffective against the Warriors thus far, especially on defense.
The Cavaliers have been a substantially better team at home than on the road this postseason, entering Game 3 with a 10-1 SU and 9-2 ATS record in their last 11 games in Cleveland.
Wednesday night’s total is set at 206 points. The UNDER is 4-1-1 in Cleveland’s last six home games.
At the level that Golden State is playing right now, especially at home, it seems safe to say that both Game 3 and Game 4 are must-win games for the Cavaliers. To beat the Warriors, the Cavaliers will need to get their swagger back on offense, especially from three-point range where they are just 12-of-44 (27.2 percent) in the series so far.
