If Maimi Loses Game 5, Can They Still Win The NBA Championship?

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well all that basically means, is , can the best team in the nba with 3 of the top 20 players in the game, win 2 games at home, and so the answer is a resounding yes

 

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No. Are you thinking of hedging your series bet?

 

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No. Are you thinking of hedging your series bet?

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Absolutely not!

 

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Most definitely

But I don't believe Miami will lose game 5 and will likely beat Dallas by double digits

 

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Miami will be about +130 to win the series should they lose game 5. Dal about +500

 

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Miami will be about +130 to win the series should they lose game 5. Dal about +500

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Sorry but no way Dallas would be +500 if they are up in the series 3-2.

 

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So you're still confident they win it all? I just want to know what the hell is going on with James playing so bad.

 

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no. teams never go on 2 game winning streaks at home.

 

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bucsfan67 said:

well all that basically means, is , can the best team in the nba with 3 of the top 20 players in the game, win 2 games at home, and so the answer is a resounding yes

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............and this is putting it mildly.

OMT, what are you trying to pull here???

 

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Most definitely

But I don't believe Miami will lose game 5 and will likely beat Dallas by double digits

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Not if they can't shoot successfully over the Dallas zone! The Heat have been most successful with Wade, Bosh and James driving to the hoop. Once Dallas employs the zone, like they did in the 4th quarter of Games 2 and 4, Miami can't score and the Mavericks go on 17-4 runs to overtake the Heat.

 

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............and this is putting it mildly.

OMT, what are you trying to pull here???

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Huh? Not trying to pull anything. Just wanted to start a discussion thread. In the post above, I share my thoughts on the Heats current problem and why they stop scoring late.

 

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So you're still confident they win it all? I just want to know what the hell is going on with James playing so bad.

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I'm still confident but have some concerns as to why they had problems closing out Games 2 and 4 as I describe above.

 

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nope...

 

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oldmanTED said:

Sorry but no way Dallas would be +500 if they are up in the series 3-2.

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Huh? Don't understand what you are saying.

 

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Huh? Don't understand what you are saying.

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You said:

Miami will be about +130 to win the series should they lose game 5. Dal about +500

I'm saying if Dallas wins Game 5, there is no way their odds are +500. More likely they become a favorite like -170 to win the series.


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lol what? Obviously I meant Miami +130 to win the series if they lose, Dallas +500 if they lose. How would Dallas be +500 at the same time Miami is +130? I was clearly talking about 2 different scenarios. You really put the OLD in OMT

Also why in the world would Dallas be +500 if they WIN game 5?

 

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lol what? Obviously I meant Miami +130 to win the series if they lose, Dallas +500 if they lose. How would Dallas be +500 at the same time Miami is +130? I was clearly talking about 2 different scenarios. You really put the OLD in OMT

Also why in the world would Dallas be +500 if they WIN game 5?

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Oh! I understand. Yep! When you get old, you either process information differently or much, much slower! My bad! @)

 

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if dallas wins game 5 they win in 7 i think, game 5 is make it or break it for dallas as game 4 was....will be a tite one just like the last 2, i think atleast

 

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This series probably goes 7 games like I thought it would. With the end of the Lakers era there are no dominant teams this year.