NBA Finals Odds - Lakers at Magic Game 5 NBA Finals Odds |
| Written by Matt Franklin | ||
| Sunday, 14 June 2009 17:46 | ||
As it has been predicted, Kobe Bryant is determined to win his fourth NBA title and the Los Angeles Lakers are happy to do everything they can on assisting him to the win. The Orlando Magic saw Game 4 slowly slip away as 2-point underdogs in NBA finals betting odds when Derek Fisher hit a three pointer over Jameer Nelson to send the game into overtime on Thursday. Instead of fouling with 10.8 second left on the clock, the Magic decide to let Fisher shoot the three pointer which sent the game into overtime. The Magic would eventually lose 99-91 putting themselves in a 3-1 deficit instead of tying the series at 2-2. There has been no team in NBA history that has come back to win down 3-1 but NBA finals odds still favor the Magic at home in Game 5. The Magic will fight to keep the finals alive Saturday night from the Amway Arena in Orlando at 8:00pm EST on ABC. “It was my decision with 11 seconds not to foul,” said Magic coach Stan Van Gundy after the Game 4 defeat at home. “Yes I regret it now, but only in retrospect. I mean, normally to me 11 is too early. You foul, they make two free throws, [they] cut it to one [and] you’re still at six or seven seconds.”
That decision along with choosing to skip over Rafer Alston and go with Jameer Nelson in the fourth quarter has many of the Orlando fans questioning the coach’s decisions. Jameer Nelson has just returned from a four month injury with serious shoulder surgery and really hasn't made an impact in the minutes he has played in NBA finals odds. Nelson finished with 26 minutes with 2 points and 3 assists in Game 4. "I thought we had a very, very bad third quarter, and then it wasn't so much one guy over the other,'' Van Gundy said. "It was just we had a unit in the fourth quarter that I thought was playing real well. And then you get down to the point where Rafer hasn't played in 10 or 12 minutes. I thought it would be hard to bring him back. Jameer wasn't doing a whole lot, but he also wasn't hurting us at all. The unit had played pretty well so that's why I stayed with it.''
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If the Lakers can win Game 5 tonight as 3.5-point underdogs in NBA finals odds, Jackson will win his 10th title and break the tie with legendary Celtics coach Red Auerbach as the head coach with the most championship wins in NBA history. NBA Finals Odds and Betting Stats for Game 5The Lakers are 5-1 ATS in NBA finals odds for their last 6 games. The Lakers are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games. The Lakers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games on the road. The Lakers are 19-6 SU in NBA odds for their last 25 games when playing Orlando. Orlando is 8-4 ATS in NBA finals odds for their last 12 games. The Magic are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games. Orlando is 2-4 SU in their last 6 games. The Magic are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games at home. Orlando is 5-1 SU in NBA odds for their last 6 games at home. The total has gone UNDER in NBA finals odds for 11 of the LA Lakers last 14 games. The total has gone UNDER in 12 of the Lakers last 18 games on the road. The total has gone UNDER in 4 of the LA Lakers last 5 games when playing Orlando. The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Orlando's last 21 games at home. The Magic are 6-19 SU in their last 25 games when playing the Lakers. The total has gone UNDER in NBA finals odds for 4 of Orlando's last 5 games when playing Lakers.
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