Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors: Game 2 Odds, Betting Stats

June 5th, 2015 by OddsShark.com Leave a reply »
The Golden State Warriors used overtime and the loss of Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving to not only beat Cleveland in Game 1 of the 2015 NBA Finals but also cover the six-point spread in a 108-100 series-opening victory Thursday.

The Cavaliers got outscored 10-2 in the extra session in Game 1, missing 12 straight shots at one point. Cleveland also wasted a 44-point effort from LeBron James and will be an even bigger underdog at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark for Game 2 at Oakland’s Oracle Arena Sunday.

The Cavs opened as consensus 6.5-point underdogs for Game 2 but have already dropped to eight-point underdogs at some sportsbooks with Irving’s diagnosis Friday coming back as a fractured kneecap that will require season-ending surgery, the team confirmed.

Irving was one of just two other Cleveland players besides James to score in double figures with 23 points in Game 1, while also grabbing seven rebounds, dishing out six assists and blocking two shots, the last of which kept Golden State’s Stephen Curry from making the potential game-winning layup.

Timofey Mozgov also had a strong game inside with 16 points and seve ...

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