NBA Finals Game 1: Golden St. -6, total is 204

Published on Thursday, 5/28/15, at 11:01 a.m. Eastern.

As of late this morning, most betting shops had Golden St. installed as a six-point home favorite over Cleveland for Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The total was at 203.5 or 204 combined points. The Cavaliers are +195 on the money line (risk $100 to win $195).

Both the Warriors and Cavs advanced by dominating Houston and Atlanta, respectively, in the conference finals. Both clubs put their foes out of their misery with double-digit beatings and spread covers in the close-out games.

Sportsbook.ag has Golden St. as the -235 ‘chalk’ for the series, offering the Cavs at +197 on the comeback (risk $100 to win $197).

Game 1 is on June 4 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. ABC will provide the broadcast.

Here is the NBA Finals schedule below…

Game 1: – Thu. June 4, Cleveland at Golden State, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 2: Sun. June 7, Cleveland at Golden State, 8 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 3: Tue. June 9, Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 4: Thu. June 11, Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 5 *: Sun, June 14, Cleveland at Golden State, 8 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 6 *: Tue, June 16, Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 7 *: Fri, June 19, Cleveland at Golden State, 9 p.m. ET, ABC

*if necessary