First Round - Game 2 |
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41-42 |
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74-9 |
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How To Watch |
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Monday, April 18th, 2016. |
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Oracle Arena, OAKLAND, CALIF. |
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17:30 p.m. PST | ||||||||
TNT | CSN Bay Area | KGO 810 | KTCT 1050 | TNT Overtime | NBC Sports Live Extra | ||||||||
Blog Buddy: The Dream Shake | ||||||||
Point Spread | ||||||||
Houston +13.5 |
★ | Golden State -13.5 | ||||||
Money Line | ||||||||
Houston +975 | ★ | Golden State -1500 | ||||||
Over/Under Total | ||||||||
218 Total Points |
After a dominating win in game one, the Golden State Warriors look to retain control of their first round matchup against the Houston Rockets on Monday night at Oracle Arena. The 7:30 p.m. PST tip-off will be nationally televised on TNT and locally on CSN Bay Area.
If you missed any of the action from game 1 you can catch up on all of the highlights below:
Golden State's 26 point victory in game one easily covered the 13 point spread. Even with Stephen Curry questionable for game two, virtual sports book BetOnline list the Warriors as 13.5 point favorites over the visiting Rockets. Houston is just 1-4 ATS in their last five games overall against the Dubs according to OddsShark.com.
With the point spread increasing half of a point, the OVER/UNDER total drops seven points from from 225 in game one to a total of 218 in game two. Golden State's defense has tightened up in the last couple of months. Houston was held to just 78 points in game one, their second lowest scoring output of the season. The total has gone UNDER in six of Golden State's last nine games against Houston.
Steph Curry ankle report: He walked into the practice facility wearing sandals, no limp. But I'm not a doctor or an expert on gaits
— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) April 17, 2016
Stephen Curry questionable
— Diamond Leung (@diamond83) April 17, 2016
Steph Curry questionable f/Monday? Not to Pat Beverley: 'He's definitely playing tomorrow . . . He's definitely playing tomorrow.'
— Monte Poole (@MontePooleCSN) April 18, 2016
Heading over to shoot-around, doubt there will be any definitive news on Curry. My note: GSWs almost always lean to playing their top guys.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) April 18, 2016
You know when another team is doing this during warmups you already lost https://t.co/a1CsiIdbzb
— Basketball Success™ (@Success_Baller) April 16, 2016