The NBA 2012-13 Season could end tonight in game 6 of the NBA Finals. The San Antonio Spurs visit the Miami Heat holding a 3-2 lead in the best of seven series. With a win tonight, the Spurs win their fifth NBA championship and Miami loses its second finals in three seasons.
The Spurs won game 5 on their home court to take two of three straight home games in San Antonio on the 2-3-2 NBA finals format. The final two games will be played in Miami, but the Heat now must win two straight, something they have not done in their last 12 games of this year’s postseason.
On Sunday, San Antonio head coach Gregg Popovich surprised the Miami Heat and his own fans when he started perennial sixth man Manu Ginobili. The Argentine prior to game 5 struggled the first four games of the finals.
His average during the finals was just 7.5 points per game, while he was averaging just 3 assists per game. Some sportswriters had already written him off for the younger players in the Spurs lineup.
However, Ginobili responded with 24 points and 10 assists helping the Spurs to a 114-104 win in their last home game of this season.
Miami is 6-0 SU following a straight up loss during this postseason. In the six wins, the Heat has beaten their opponent by an average of over 20 points. Currently, the Heat is favored at home by 7 points and Miami is 17-3 SU while they are 13-7 ATS when favored by 6.5 to 9 points at home, since the beginning of the regular season in November of 2012.
Over the past two season plus, San Antonio is 0-6 SU, while 1-5 ATS as an underdog by 6.5 to 9 points on the road. However, a number of those games were played without the services of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker or Manu Ginobili, as coach Popovich chose to rest them.
More importantly San Antonio is 14-6 SU and 11-9 ATS when they are leading a playoff series over the past two seasons plus.
LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh all must play in this game as they did in game 4 when Miami tied the series 2-2 and scored 85 of the Heat’s 109 points between the three of them.
The current line has Miami favored by 7 points with the over under total sitting on 191. Smart money takes the Spurs and the OVER.





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