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NBA roundup: Curry scores record 17 in OT
By The Sports Xchange


PORTLAND, Ore. -- Stephen Curry scored 17 of his 40 points in overtime as the Golden State Warriors rallied for a 132-125 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night at the Moda Center.
The Warriors grabbed a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series thanks to Curry's OT point total, which was a record for an NBA overtime, regular season or postseason.
Curry, coming back after missing the previous four games with a sprained right knee, came off the bench to score 27 of his points in the fourth quarter and extra session. He also had nine rebounds and eight assists.
The Warriors trailed 16-2 before the reigning league MVP came off the bench midway through the first quarter.
Klay Thompson scored 23 points and Draymond Green collected 21 points, nine rebounds, seven blocked shots and five assists for the Warriors.
Damian Lillard scored 36 points and handed out 10 assists, CJ McCollum added 24 points, and Al-Farouq Aminu chipped in 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Blazers.


Heat 94, Raptors 87 (OT)
MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade scored 30 points as Miami defeated Toronto in overtime, tying the Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series 2-2.
Miami's overtime effort was led by Justise Winslow's tip-in basket, Joe Johnson's two blocked shots, a layup by Goran Dragic and a steal and dunk by Wade.
The Raptors had a chance to win the game in regulation, but Cory Joseph missed a 15-foot jumper at the buzzer. In the previous possession, Wade drove to the basket and tied the score with 12.6 seconds left.
Toronto got scoring from some unexpected sources -- 14 points each from DeMarre Carroll and Joseph. In addition, emergency starter Bismack Biyombo, who replaced injured center Jonas Valanciunas, had a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds.

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Tuesday's NBA playoffs betting preview and odds: Thunder at Spurs


The best series of the NBA Playoffs thus far gets a stand-alone spot Tuesday night as the San Antonio Spurs host the Oklahoma City Thunder in a pivotal Game 5.


Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs (-7, 199.5)


Series tied 2-2


Kevin Durant's huge game helped Oklahoma City knot the Western Conference semifinals and another stellar game from the All-Star forward could propel the third-seeded Thunder into a 3-2 series lead. Durant aims to follow up a 41-point effort in Game 4 and lead his team to a victory in San Antonio for the second time in this series when Oklahoma City visits the second-seeded Spurs on Tuesday.


Durant's output matched his career postseason high and he personally outscored San Antonio 17-16 in the final quarter of Sunday's 111-97 win. "When you have a deep team, those 40-point nights - they don't come a lot," Durant said afterward. "I'm just trying to be consistent in what I do, and I know in any given moment, I can go off and get a few shots." Though the Spurs were ran out of the building in the final quarter of Game 4, concern was mild afterward with the pivotal Game 5 looming. "We were up for a good part of the game. We couldn't close it," backup shooting guard Manu Ginobili told reporters. "So we've got to keep fighting. Nobody expected to sweep or have an easy series against a team like them. We're going back home. We have homecourt advantage. Hopefully, we take care of it."


TV: 8 p.m. ET, TNT


LINE HISTORY: The Spurs opened as 6.5-point favorites and by Monday evening the books reacted to a flury of Spurs action and bumped the line up to -7. The total opened at 200.5 and was dropped a full point to 199.5. Check out the complete line history here.


ABOUT THE THUNDER (61-30, 42-48-1 ATS, 44-47 O/U): Durant is averaging 27.8 points in the series - he opened with a subpar 16-point showing in Game 1 - and point guard Russell Westbrook is averaging 22 points and 10.5 assists despite shooting just 33.3 percent. The biggest surprise has been the play of 22-year-old center Steven Adams, who has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in each of the four games while averaging 9.8 points and 12.3 rebounds as well as annoying most of the Spurs. "He makes the other bigs hate him because he goes hard every time," backup center Enes Kanter told reporters. "He gets under their skin, and in their head."


ABOUT THE SPURS (73-17, 49-41 ATS, 38-50-2 O/U): San Antonio was awful while being outscored 34-16 in the final quarter of Game 4 and it was more than Durant's greatness that decided the contest. "I think down the stretch in the fourth quarter, we made too many mistakes," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich told reporters. "Just not remembering who we were guarding and how we wanted to play. But having said that, they out-toughed us, they battered us on the boards. At the same time, they had some other players that joined in and made shots." Point guard Tony Parker was strong offensively for the second straight game with 22 points - he is averaging 20.5 over the past two games after averaging just 4.5 over the first two contests.


TRENDS:


* Thunder are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
* Spurs are 2-8 ATS in their last 10 vs. NBA Northwest.
* Over is 7-2 in Thunder last 9 road games.
* Under is 5-1 in Spurs last 6 home games.
* Thunder are 6-2 ATS in the last 8 meetings.


CONSENSUS REPORT: As of Monday night, 60 percent of the Consensus picks were on the Spurs to cover the spread and 67 percent of the wagers were on the Over. View full consensus data here.

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Preview: Thunder (55-27) at Spurs (67-15)


Date: May 10, 2016 8:00 PM EDT


Kevin Durant was at his shot-making best in the fourth quarter of Game 4 against San Antonio, knocking down contested jumpers, scoring in transition and willing the Oklahoma City Thunder to a series-evening victory.


He made all six of his field goal attempts to finish with 41 points, and yet his biggest impact may have come on the other end of the floor.


Durant used his 6-foot-11 frame to make life difficult for Kawhi Leonard, and if he can bring the same type of defensive intensity into a pivotal Game 5 in San Antonio on Tuesday night, the Thunder become an even more imposing mountain for the Spurs to climb than they already were.


'There's no individuals in this game, there's no individual matchups,' Durant said. 'There's no strictly 1-on-1 matchups in this game. There's 10 guys on the court. I may guard a guy, or he may guard me, but it's a whole team trying to stop the ball.'


Durant has long been one of the league's most unstoppable scorers, a shooting guard with a center's wing span and a point guard's handle who can get his shot wherever and whenever he wants it.


But he's always taken pride on coming through defensively in the biggest moments, and he told teammate and friend Russell Westbrook in the fourth quarter that he was up for the challenge. Leonard was 0 for 5 in the final period of Oklahoma City's 111-97 victory and Durant even took a charge, a rarity for him.


'I think he did a good job at both ends of the court,' Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. 'He had a fine game all the way around without any doubt.'


Now the Spurs head back home, where they have lost just two games all season, looking to rekindle the ball movement and energy that led to an overwhelming 32-point win in Game 1. That game seems like ages ago.


The Thunder have awakened, and they're not going to go quietly.


'This is going to be fun, I'm excited,' Durant said. 'This is playoff basketball. This is what you live for. This is the type of basketball you've been dreaming about as a kid. You've just got to embrace the challenge and play extremely hard like we've been playing.'


A look at the only game on the NBA schedule on Tuesday night.


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Thunder at Spurs, Series tied 2-2, 8 p.m., TNT


All that beautiful ball movement that the Spurs have been known for over the last five or six seasons has disappeared as this series has worn on. San Antonio shot 60 percent and had an incredible 39 assists in the Game 1 rout.


The Spurs had 19 assists in each of their next two games and then just 12 in the Game 4 loss on Sunday.


'They have been down, but things do slow down in the playoffs,' Popovich said. 'Having said that, we need to have a little bit more ball movement and get a few more passes out on the court, for sure.'


The stagnancy the Spurs showed on Sunday was a common criticism the Thunder have heard over the years, when at times their offense has devolved into Durant and Westbrook taking turns taking shots.


'Guys wanted the ball and just didn't make shots. We never really got into a good offensive rhythm but we kept making runs,' Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge said. 'Guys kept making plays at certain times but we had a lot of open looks that we didn't make. If you don't make shots, the assists don't come.'


The Spurs could also use more of the dominant Aldridge they saw in the first two games. The big free agent prize of last summer exploded for 79 points and made 33 of his 44 shots in the first two games.


But the Thunder did not panic and make rash adjustments to the game plan. Instead, first-year coach Billy Donovan stuck to the principles they started the series with, refusing to double Aldridge in the post too aggressively.


Aldridge has scored 44 points on 16-for-39 shooting over the last two games.


'He's just missing shots. That's all it is,' Thunder center Steven Adams said. 'We're sticking to the same principles. He's just missing shots, thankfully.'

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NBA


Tuesday's game


Oklahoma City-San Antonio (2-2)
Durant had 41, Adams chipped in with 16 (and 11 boards) as Thunder evened series. Spurs led by 4 after 3rd quarter Sunday, went -18 in 4th quarter. OC lost four of last five visits to Alamo (3-2 vs spread). San Antonio won eight of its last 13 games with Oklahoma City; six of last nine series games stayed under total. Spurs won eight of their last ten games, they covered six of v last nine. Thunder improved to 9-23 on arc in game 4, after going 21-72 on arc in frst three games.


Playoff tally: Favorites vs spread: 26-18, Over: 13-31
Second round: Favorites: 10-6, over: 8-8

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'Spurs Host Thunder in Game 5 of Western Semifinals'


Oklahoma City at San Antonio May 10, 8:00 EST


San Antonio Spurs taken behind the woodshed spanked 111-97 in Oklahoma City allowing Thunder to tie the Western Conference semifinal series at two games apiece will be in one ugly mood when the series switches to San Antonio for Game 5.


It's not difficult making a case that San Antonio exacts revenge. Nothing like a good woopin' to get Spurs' attention re-focused on the task at hand. Coach Popovich's troops are a profitable 13-6 against the betting line following a postseason loss, a sparkling 7-2-1 ATS on home court after a double digit whoopin' in second season.


Additionally, Spurs are tough nuts to crack at AT&T Center in San Antonio. They've reeled off a 43-2 record in front of the friendly crowd with a profitable 26-19 mark against the betting line. Matching that, the Spurs are 15-5 (13-7 ATS) the past twenty second season games on home court including 4-1 SU/ATS running the hardwood vs Thunder.

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StatFox Super Situations


NBA | OKLAHOMA CITY at SAN ANTONIO
Play Under - Road teams where the total is between 190 and 199.5 points well rested team - playing 4 or less games in 10 days, a good team (60% to 75%) playing a team with a winning record
172-107 since 1997. ( 61.6% | 54.3 units )
6-5 this year. ( 54.5% | 0.5 units )


NBA | OKLAHOMA CITY at SAN ANTONIO
Play On - Home teams vs. the money line (SAN ANTONIO) excellent offensive team (>=102 PPG) against a horrible defensive team (>=102 PPG) after 42+ games, after a loss by 10 points or more
44-12 over the last 5 seasons. ( 78.6% | 25.1 units )
20-7 this year. ( 74.1% | 6.5 units )


NBA | OKLAHOMA CITY at SAN ANTONIO
Play Under - All teams where the first half total is between 95.5 and 100.5 points in a playoff series which is tied, with a winning record on the season
84-42 since 1997. ( 66.7% | 37.8 units )
10-4 this year. ( 71.4% | 5.6 units )

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Preview: Oklahoma City At San Antonio

When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Where: AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas

Matchup Edge

OKC	Edge in:	SA
	Points Per Game
	Field Goal %
	Free Throw %
	Defense
	Rebounding
	Turn Overs
	Bench

Kevin Durant's huge game helped Oklahoma City knot the Western Conference semifinals and another stellar game from the All-Star forward could propel the third-seeded Thunder into a 3-2 series lead. Durant aims to follow up a 41-point effort in Game 4 and lead his team to a victory in San Antonio for the second time in this series when Oklahoma City visits the second-seeded Spurs on Tuesday.

Durant's output matched his career postseason high and he personally outscored San Antonio 17-16 in the final quarter of Sunday's 111-97 win. "When you have a deep team, those 40-point nights - they don't come a lot," Durant said afterward. "I'm just trying to be consistent in what I do, and I know in any given moment, I can go off and get a few shots." Though the Spurs were run out of the building in the final quarter of Game 4, concern was mild afterward with the pivotal Game 5 looming. "We were up for a good part of the game. We couldn't close it," backup shooting guard Manu Ginobili told reporters. "So we've got to keep fighting. Nobody expected to sweep or have an easy series against a team like them. We're going back home. We have homecourt advantage. Hopefully, we take care of it."

TV: 8 p.m. ET, TNT

ABOUT THE THUNDER: Durant is averaging 27.8 points in the series - he opened with a subpar 16-point showing in Game 1 - and point guard Russell Westbrook is averaging 22 points and 10.5 assists despite shooting just 33.3 percent. The biggest surprise has been the play of 22-year-old center Steven Adams, who has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in each of the four games while averaging 9.8 points and 12.3 rebounds as well as annoying most of the Spurs. "He makes the other bigs hate him because he goes hard every time," backup center Enes Kanter told reporters. "He gets under their skin, and in their head."

ABOUT THE SPURS: San Antonio was awful while being outscored 34-16 in the final quarter of Game 4 and it was more than Durant's greatness that decided the contest. "I think down the stretch in the fourth quarter, we made too many mistakes," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich told reporters. "Just not remembering who we were guarding and how we wanted to play. But having said that, they out-toughed us, they battered us on the boards. At the same time, they had some other players that joined in and made shots." Point guard Tony Parker was strong offensively for the second straight game with 22 points - he is averaging 20.5 over the past two games after averaging just 4.5 over the first two contests.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Spurs C Tim Duncan went scoreless in 12 minutes in Game 4 and has been a complete nonfactor in the series, averaging three points and 3.8 rebounds.

2. Oklahoma City backup SG Dion Waiters scored 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting in Game 4 after being 6-of-17 shooting over the first three games.

3. San Antonio PF LaMarcus Aldridge, averaging 30.8 points in the series, is just 16-of-39 shooting over the last two games after being a splendid 33-of-44 over the first two contests.

PREDICTION: Thunder 114, Spurs 107

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ATS Trends

Oklahoma City

Thunder are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games vs. a team with a winning home record. Thunder are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600. Thunder are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games. Thunder are 11-4 ATS in their last 15 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record. Thunder are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games playing on 1 days rest. Thunder are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600. Thunder are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 Tuesday games. Thunder are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a straight up win.

San Antonio

Spurs are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 Tuesday games. Spurs are 18-6 ATS in their last 24 games following a straight up loss. Spurs are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 Conference Semifinals games. Spurs are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game. Spurs are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games playing on 1 days rest. Spurs are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600. Spurs are 2-8 ATS in their last 10 vs. NBA Northwest. Spurs are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.

OU Trends

Oklahoma City

Over is 7-2 in Thunder last 9 road games. Under is 6-2 in Thunder last 8 vs. a team with a winning straight up record. Over is 6-2 in Thunder last 8 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game. Over is 8-3 in Thunder last 11 road games vs. a team with a winning home record. Over is 5-2 in Thunder last 7 overall. Over is 5-2 in Thunder last 7 vs. Western Conference. Over is 5-2 in Thunder last 7 vs. NBA Southwest. Under is 5-2 in Thunder last 7 Conference Semifinals games. Over is 7-3 in Thunder last 10 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game. Over is 18-8 in Thunder last 26 games playing on 1 days rest.

San Antonio

Under is 4-0 in Spurs last 4 Tuesday games. Under is 6-1 in Spurs last 7 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game. Under is 5-1 in Spurs last 6 home games. Under is 4-1 in Spurs last 5 games following a straight up loss. Under is 4-1 in Spurs last 5 when their opponent scores 100 points or more in their previous game. Under is 4-1 in Spurs last 5 games following a ATS loss. Under is 8-3 in Spurs last 11 overall. Under is 8-3 in Spurs last 11 home games vs. a team with a winning road record. Under is 20-8 in Spurs last 28 vs. Western Conference. Under is 5-2 in Spurs last 7 vs. a team with a winning straight up record. Under is 12-5 in Spurs last 17 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600. Over is 20-9 in Spurs last 29 games following a straight up loss of more than 10 points.

Head to Head

Thunder are 6-2 ATS in the last 8 meetings. Favorite is 21-8-1 ATS in the last 30 meetings. Under is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings.