The Golden St Warriors will look to close out their best of seven Western conference playoff series as they battle the Denver Nuggets in Game 5 in a pro basketball contest on Tuesday night. Tip time from Denver is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by TNT.
The odds from this NBA playoff game five has the home team Denver Nuggets favored by -8 points with an over under line of 213 ½ points. There has been no line movement in this playoff game since the odds came out a few hours ago.
The Golden St Warriors go up 3-1 in this best of seven NBA playoff series after a 115-101 home victory against the Denver Nuggets as a +2 point underdog. The total landed over 212 ½ points.
The Warriors outscored the Nuggets in the first three quarters and took a 19 point lead into the fourth quarter. The Warriors had another great shooting night as he connected on 55.7% from the floor and made 11 of 26 from three. They had eight less rebounds than Denver. Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 31 points and seven assists as he made 10 of his 16 shots and 6 of 11 three pointers. Jarrett Jack chipped in with 21 points and nine assists on 8 of 9 from the floor. Golden St is the best three point shooting team in basketball as the sink 40.3% from beyond the arc. The team is fourth in defensive field goal percentage allowing 43.9% shooting to opponents. Golden St has averaged 118 points a game over their past three playoff games.
The Nuggets shot 46.5% from the floor in defeat and made 6 of 20 three pointers. Denver gave away the game by committing 23 turnovers. Ty Lawson led the Nuggets with 26 points and six assists as he made 11 of his 20 shots. Andre Iguodala had 19 points and eight boards on 7 of 11 shooting. The Nuggets are the top scoring team in basketball with 106.1 points scored per game. They don’t shoot well from the three point and free throw line as they rank in the bottom six of the league with 34.3% shooting from three and 70.1% from the charity stripe.
