The San Antonio Spurs are 2-5 straight up and 3-4 against the spread in their last seven games against the Golden State Warriors. The Spurs will need to solve the Warriors in a hurry if they hope to make this a series with a win on Saturday night.
Warriors vs. Spurs odds 2017: San Antonio rare home underdog in Game 3 on Saturday
The San Antonio Spurs will try to fight their way back into the best-of-seven Western Conference Finals with a Game 3 win over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday.
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San Antonio is a 6-point home underdog in Game 3 at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. This will be the first time that the Spurs are going off as a home underdog of five points or more since 2008.
San Antonio Spurs
Feeling the sting of a disappointing loss in Game 1 and playing without the team’s best player, San Antonio had an unsurprisingly awful night on Tuesday in Game 2. The Spurs trailed 72-44 at the end of the first half, going on to lose the game by a final score of 136-100.
A fortunate break in the schedule gave San Antonio three nights off in between Game 2 and Game 3, giving Kawhi Leonard a chance to rest his ankle and bumping his status up to probable for Saturday night.
The Spurs are 2-5 SU and ATS in their last seven games as a home underdog per the OddsShark NBA Database.
Betting Line / Total: Golden State -6 / 212.5 Points
Golden State Warriors
The Warriors have been the best team in the NBA all season long, and it hasn’t helped opposing teams that they have also been in top form over the last month of play. Golden State is 25-1 SU and 17-7-2 ATS over its last 26 games including a 10-0 SU and 6-4 ATS run through the postseason so far.
Over that 10-game stretch, the Warriors have won games by a staggering average margin of victory of 17 points per game.
Saturday night’s total is set at 212.5 points. The OVER is 4-0 in San Antonio’s last four postseason home games.
With the way Cleveland and Golden State are playing, a clash in the NBA Finals between these two teams looks inevitable. But putting aside the blowout loss in Game 2, San Antonio lost by only two points in Game 1, and now the Spurs return to their home court.
The Spurs have their back against the wall, but they still have a chance to plant a seed of doubt in this series with a win at home in Game 3.
Golden State Warriors at San Antonio Spurs
When: Saturday, May 20, 9 p.m. ET
Where: AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas
