{"id":28752,"date":"2013-05-10T10:37:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T15:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28752"},"modified":"2013-05-10T10:37:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T15:37:28","slug":"nba-playoff-picks-san-antonio-spurs-vs-golden-state-warriors-game-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-playoff-picks-san-antonio-spurs-vs-golden-state-warriors-game-3-28752\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoff Picks: San Antonio Spurs vs. Golden State Warriors, Game 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio Spurs at Golden State Warriors
\nFriday, 5\/10\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Golden State -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 203.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 202.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The San Antonio Spurs lost both regular season road games against the Golden State Warriors this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Antonio hits the road after splitting the first two games of this best-of-seven series at the AT&T Center, as it looks to bounce back from a 100-91 setback to Golden State as seven-point home favorites Wednesday, while going UNDER the betting total of 205.\u00a0 The Spurs dropped both regular-season meetings at Oracle Arena, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread, but they did rest numerous starters in those contests.\u00a0 San Antonio is 6-6 ATS as road underdogs this season, with the OVER going 7-5 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Spurs were 23-18 overall away from home during the regular season, including a losing 11-15 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Point guard Tony Parker and forward Tim Duncan are leading the charge offensively during the 2013 NBA playoffs, combining to average 41.5 points per game.\u00a0 Since Duncan was selected with the first overall pick of the 1997 draft, San Antonio has compiled a dominating 123-78 postseason record.<\/p>\n

Golden State is playing confident basketball in this semifinal series, considering it has led in 95 of 106 minutes of action through two games, which is important to consider when looking over the NBA betting lines Friday night.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re in the driver\u2019s seat right now,\u201d commented Warriors guard Klay Thompson.\u00a0 \u201cWe control our own destiny.\u201d\u00a0 The Warriors have outrebounded the Spurs by a 105-93 margin, while outshooting them 48.4 percent to 41.7 percent.\u00a0 Golden State is 6-3 SUATS as home favorites of three points or less this season.<\/p>\n

The Warriors are being led by Thompson and point guard Stephen Curry on the offensive end, averaging a combined 44.1 points during the postseason.\u00a0 Golden State is seeking its first series lead in the Western Conference semifinals since 1976, while trying to go 8-1 in its last nine home playoff games.\u00a0 Rookies have played a big part in this team\u2019s success, as it has granted 122 total starts to first-rounders Harrison Barnes and Festus Ezeli.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Spurs due to their 5-2-2 ATS mark in their last nine trips to Northern California.<\/p>\n

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San Antonio Spurs at Golden State Warriors Friday, 5\/10\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Golden State -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 203.5 Current Total:\u00a0 202.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Antonio hits the road after splitting the first two games of this best-of-seven series at the AT&T Center, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[1011,83,4492,141,14,3350,3693],"class_list":["post-28752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-oracle-arena","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-stephen-curry","tag-tim-duncan","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28753,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28752\/revisions\/28753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}