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ESPN Staff Writer- Dave Tuley has covered the Las Vegas race and sports book scene since 1998 and runs his own website, ViewFromVegas.com.
LAS VEGAS -- Game 6 of the NBA Finals is tonight (9 p.m. ET, ABC) and it's a game that a lot of people didn't think would be necessary, especially when the Golden State Warriors jumped out to a 3-1 series lead.
The "Warriors in 5 games" was also the favorite in Las Vegas sports books, but the Cleveland Cavaliers won 112-97 on Monday night as 6-point road underdogs.
Even more surprising than the series going this far is the fact that, after home teams won the first game in blowouts, we've had the road teams pull outright upsets in these last two games. Home teams/favorites are still 3-2 ATS so far in the series. The over/unders are 3-1-1 against the ViewFromVegas Consensus Closing Lines that we use after Game 5 landed on the closing total of 209 (though the over/under was as low as 205, so the majority of bets were on the over at lower numbers and those cashed).
Yours truly, Dave Tuley, was happy to have the winning side for the third straight game as I had the Cavaliers at home in Game 3, flipped to the Warriors in Game 4 and then flipped back to the Cavaliers in Game 5. After going 3-1 with unders in the first four games, I was glad I made the decision to pass on the under (because it was 205 when my picks were published) as any under bets up until game time would have been losers (congrats to any readers who took that as a hint to jump on the over).
