2009 NBA Finals Picks Game 5 – Lakers @ Magic – Covering The Spread
FiveStarPick.com looks forward to another cash flowing night as we give our members the against the spread winner of Game 5 in the NBA Finals. Las Vegas sportsbooks list the Orlando Magic as 2.5-point favorites with the total coming in around 198.
Los Angeles took a commanding 3-1 lead in the 2009 NBA Finals with a 99-91 victory over the Magic at Amway Arena. The Lakers took the cash as two-point road underdogs and the combined 190 points stayed ‘under’ the 202-point closing total. This game marked the second time in this series that the under cashed inspite of an extra session of play. The members of FiveStarPick.com had major heart attacks, but still cashed on the ‘under’ in both of those games.
L.A. was trailing 87-84 with 11 seconds remaining in regulation, but then Dwight Howard missed a pair of free throws to keep the Lakers in it. Derek Fisher seized the moment with a clutch 3 that sent the game into overtime.
It reminds us of a very similar Orlando Magic incident that happened 14 years ago when Nick Anderson missed two free throws to lose the game against the Houston Rockets in the 1995 NBA Finals. The old Orlando Magic joke used to be, “What does Nick “the brick” Anderson and Billy Graham have in common? They were the only two people in America that could make a stadium full of people stand up and yell, ‘Jesus Christ’.” History has repeated itself…now we can just insert Dwight Howard’s name in the same joke.
With the game tied at 91 in OT, Bryant backed Pietrus down on the low post. When the double team came, Bryant found Fisher at the top of the key. Fisher’s go-ahead 3-pointer was the nail in the coffin.
Now let’s talk trends… in a road game where where the total is between 195 and 199.5 points, the Lakers are 15-12 against the spread. When coming off an upset win as an underdog, the Lakers are 21-15 against the spread. The Orlando Magic are 10-6 against the spread in a home game where where the total is between 195 and 199.5 points and 69-45 against the spread when revenging a loss versus an opponent.
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total is between 195 and 199.5 points, the Lakers are 15-12 against the spread.off an upset win as an underdog
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