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Re: Odds Makers: Spurs Favorites/Heat Underdogs
Heat are underdogs because the East is booty basically.
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7-time NBA All-Star
Re: Odds Makers: Spurs Favorites/Heat Underdogs
Despite this overwhelming evidence, the Heat are only slight underdogs to win the series in Las Vegas. The most common line suggests the Spurs have a 57 percent chance to win. In part, the discrepancy can be traced to the popularity of Miami, as two-time defending champion. But it also surely reflects a belief we still haven't seen the best of the Heat, given Miami's tendency to play better when behind in series and in fourth quarters.
That might prove the case, because the Heat haven't yet been seriously challenged in the playoffs. But they'll have to raise their level considerably to match the way San Antonio is playing. Six times this postseason, the Spurs have beaten opponents by 20 points more than an average team in the same situation. Miami has done that only once -- the closeout Game 6 against Indiana.
If the Heat are to win their third consecutive championship, it will mean defying three decades' worth of Finals trends.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story...win-nba-finals
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College star
Re: Odds Makers: Spurs Favorites/Heat Underdogs
Originally Posted by Droid101
Despite this overwhelming evidence, the Heat are only slight underdogs to win the series in Las Vegas. The most common line suggests the Spurs have a 57 percent chance to win. In part, the discrepancy can be traced to the popularity of Miami, as two-time defending champion. But it also surely reflects a belief we still haven't seen the best of the Heat, given Miami's tendency to play better when behind in series and in fourth quarters.
That might prove the case, because the Heat haven't yet been seriously challenged in the playoffs. But they'll have to raise their level considerably to match the way San Antonio is playing. Six times this postseason, the Spurs have beaten opponents by 20 points more than an average team in the same situation. Miami has done that only once -- the closeout Game 6 against Indiana.
If the Heat are to win their third consecutive championship, it will mean defying three decades' worth of Finals trends.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story...win-nba-finals
the reason why san antonio has been blowing out teams and has such a big pt differential in their wins is because of the popovic vs stotts and brooks match up...
that certainly wasn't the case for carlisle who's probably on popovic's level with a way less talented team
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Re: Odds Makers: Spurs Favorites/Heat Underdogs
Originally Posted by SamuraiSWISH
MJ won chips as underdog: '91, '93, '98
Nah they weren't in 1991... Game 1 doesn't even change anything as it's too late.
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Reign of Error
Re: Odds Makers: Spurs Favorites/Heat Underdogs
Oddmakers have it just about right.
There was an article that gave the Spurs a 88% chance of winning, but if you factor in that the Heat probably underperformed against relatively weak competition, saving themselves for this moment, Tony Parker's status, and the superstar factor, I'd lower their chances to around 55-60%.
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NBA rookie of the year
Re: Odds Makers: Spurs Favorites/Heat Underdogs
Well can someone post that insider article?
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Re: Odds Makers: Spurs Favorites/Heat Underdogs
Originally Posted by I<3NBA
Well can someone post that insider article?
What I thought
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College superstar
Re: Odds Makers: Spurs Favorites/Heat Underdogs
2 rings as the underdog while kobe has 0. another reason why he will be better.
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