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25-4 (13-2 V) Golden State Warriors vs. Brooklyn Nets 7-20 (6-7 H)
Date: Thursday December 22
Time: 7:30 PM EST
Venue: Barclays Center – Brooklyn, New York
NBA Moneyline Odds: OFF
NBA Betting Odds: Golden State -14
NBA Betting Total: 232
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Thursday night NBA sees the best team in the league facing arguably the worst team in the league. There shouldn’t be any surprise as to who wins this one straight up, but the question is: Can the Golden State Warriors live up to the massive spread as 14-point favorites?
*All statistics, rankings and trends are current as of this writing at 5:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are on an absolute tear entering this game, and we’re not even talking about their five-game winning streak, or the fact that they’ve won nine of their last 10. We’re talking about the last two games.
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In Golden State’s last two outings, we’ve seen the league’s best team dismantle two Western Conference foes by 45 and 30 points. The first came against a struggling Portland trail Blazers team — that’s understandable. The second, however,
The first came against a struggling Portland trail Blazers team — that’s understandable. The second, however, was against a Utah Jazz squad that is better than advertised and, if we’re being honest, one of the few teams in the league built defensively to possibly slow down the Warriors.
Dismantling a team that could very well be the fifth-best squad in the West at this very moment by 30 points is completely insane, and yet, it’s what we expect out of Golden State at this point in the year.
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So far on the season, Golden State is outscoring opponents by an average of 13.5 points per contest.
On offense, this group is scoring a league-high 117.4 points per night.
On defense, it’s giving up 103.9 — good enough for 15th in the league.
Brooklyn Nets
No team in the league is going to beat the Warriors in a seven-game playoff series attempting to play the same game as the best team in the league.
In other words, defense and physicality will have to be a feature in the game plan, and it must take priority over trying to simply out-run and out-score the most free-flowing offense the game has possibly ever seen.
In other words, defense and physicality will have to be a feature in the game plan, and it must take priority over trying to simply out-run and out-score the most free-flowing offense the game has possibly ever seen.
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The bad news for the Nets is that they have absolutely no shot at stopping the Warriors with their defense, even in a one-game series. Their defense is allowing an atrocious 114.4 points per contest, which puts them dead last in the league in that category.
The good news here is that Brooklyn isn’t playing Golden State in a seven-game series (spoiler alert: These squads will not meet in the championship that season).
That means for one night, the Nets can afford to do the impossible: Keep up on offense.
On the year, Brooklyn is averaging 106.6 points per game, which is good enough for sixth in the league. Not bad.
The catch, of course, is that the raw numbers look more impressive than they are beacuse they feature the No. 1 pace in the NBA.
Look for this team to run, run, run in an attempt to simply score as many points as possible.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Warriors are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Warriors are 2-12 ATS in their last 14 games vs. a team with a winning % below .400.
- Warriors are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 road games.
- Nets are 8-0 ATS in their last 8 games following a straight up loss.
- Nets are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Nets are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 when their opponent scores 100 points or more in their previous game.
Free Golden State Warriors vs. Brooklyn Nets NBA Prediction:
If you look at the recent trends above, you’ll see we know what we were talking about. The Nets are able to keep up offensively with their pace, making them a thread ATS any night.
And if you read our recent ATS Pick between Toronto and Brooklyn, you’ll see that we were spot on when saying that the Nets are criminally and repeatedly undervalued because of their overall record.
But there is one factor here that none of this is taking into consideration: The Warriors are a machine on a mission at the moment.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Golden State ATS
Picking against the Warriors right now, especially against the Nets, is foolish any way you look at.
Brooklyn’s offense will make this a high-scoring game, but it will not get them a win straight up or against the spread.
NBA Free Score Prediction: Golden State 125 – Brooklyn 108
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