I like the Spurs to win it easily. I think the Suns took them out of their preferred style and they still showed they could make the big plays when it counts. Nash supposedly said this team is better than the 2003 champs because they have more offense and I concur completely. Ginobili is much more dangerous offensively and Barry is a killer when he comes off the bench. I know I might be in the minority, but no doubt in my mind the two best teams were in the West this year.
You were not alone, same with wil, and other people I talked thought 8/5 max. I thought 9/5 to 2/1. And I may be low. I have a very large positon on Spurs, like I do most years, sadly, it is not like 7/1 last year where DFish blew me up. Barely 2/1. Any knucklehead can bet the favorite to win it all. Only good thing is, it is the only future I have. I think the Western Conference bias still exists, even if Motown won it all last year, many are dismissing that as a Laker meltdown. Plus the way the Spurs have looked, especially vs. Suns. Home court, which is worth squat, rest and injury bug on teams still playing. Is it an accurate line? Pretty close to what I figured, but some books may be heavier on certain teams than others. I know Jazz is loaded on Spurs from me. After the East is decided they will have to have the real series price, not 3 way future. When in that range the books have a couple of options. Offer value with a 20 cent line -1.80 to +1.60 or just 40 cent gap it -2.00 to same +1.60. That is my call for most. Stop sign on Spurs and offer same dog price on East.
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Well it seems to be sliced -3.00 to +2.50. Slightly higher than the 40 cent fave wil envisioned. I had the opener right, but was clueless on the movement, and most who speculated were worse than clueless, they were dead wrong. It is steady Spurs action. I will have to write this series up sometime soon. I must admit, I did not think there was that much Spurs action on the sidelines, who could have laid -1.70 to 1.80 while East was still playing. Did they expect some other team besides Motown or the Heat to be facing them? Now my +2.00 on the Spurs is looking a helluva lot better.
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