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Warriors vs. Rockets Analysis: Predictions & Betting Tips
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4/19/2025
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But late night is where a lot of eyes will be
00:01
when Golden State faces off against the Houston Rockets.
00:04
The Warriors favored to win this series.
00:08
The Rockets, though, favored to win game number one, JY.
00:12
What a fun battle this should be.
00:16
I think this series is over that five and a half games.
00:19
One thing I did was play Rockets-Warriors over five and a half games
00:22
with Clippers-Nuggets over five and a half games,
00:25
plus 125 is that parlay.
00:27
I didn't want to lay minus 200 on either.
00:29
I want to be just, you know, I'm hoping to be double correct here
00:32
that these are longer series, so I thought that was worth a shot there.
00:35
Where are you at right now on Houston-Golden State?
00:38
I think Houston is getting wildly disrespected, folks,
00:41
because of the fact that they don't have the championship pedigree.
00:45
They don't have Steph.
00:46
They don't have Draymond.
00:47
They don't have Steve Carr.
00:48
You know, they don't have these guys.
00:50
They don't have a top 30 guy.
00:53
They got that guy, though, Jalen Green.
00:55
And they got a kid that Kevin, myself, and I don't want to say I told you so.
01:03
But Kevin, myself, Ben Stevens, when he got drafted,
01:08
all three of us told you Al-Fair and Shungun was going to be a stud.
01:12
People are like, Al-Fair and who?
01:13
Who?
01:13
What?
01:14
Al-Falfa?
01:16
The little rascals?
01:17
No, no, no, no.
01:18
Al-Fair and Shungun.
01:19
Listen, this will be the Shungun coming out party.
01:23
Mm-hmm.
01:25
Unless they let Draymond be Draymond.
01:27
Mm-hmm.
01:27
And something tells me they're not.
01:31
I think that E-Mate's got big game coaching experience.
01:36
I know Fred VanVleet likes to play against the Warriors.
01:39
How are you doing?
01:39
NBA Finals?
01:41
Yeah.
01:41
So to me, I like the plus one and a half games for Houston.
01:48
I think they find a way.
01:50
And here's the reason why.
01:52
And Kevin and I were talking about this before the show.
01:55
You have to understand.
01:56
Mm-hmm.
01:58
I think they're going to be up 3-2.
02:02
Right?
02:02
Or I think they're going to be up 3-2.
02:04
So I'm going to say seven games.
02:06
I don't think they win it in six.
02:09
I don't.
02:09
But it's one of those things where it's just going to be so competitive,
02:15
this series, that I just think Houston's going to be in it.
02:19
So plus one and a half games, yes.
02:21
Or if you're smart, and I think Kevin just threw out something to me
02:25
that I was like, oh, I didn't think about that.
02:28
The books are giving you wild numbers for five and a half games
02:33
where you don't want to take anything by itself
02:36
because you don't want to be at minus 200 or worse.
02:41
So, yeah, maybe you take two series to go over five and a half games.
02:46
I cover myself a little bit and say it goes six or seven.
02:49
Then you do the same thing with, obviously, with Denver.
02:54
Yeah.
02:54
And now I'm looking at plus money.
02:56
I've got to say, Kevin, very smart way of putting two of those things together
03:00
and finding yourself some value.
03:02
There's a lot of different things within this series that fascinates me.
03:07
I think Sengun is incredibly important.
03:10
I actually think you have one of the most.
03:12
Steph against Eamon Thompson.
03:14
Draymond against Alper and Sengun.
03:18
Two guys in Steph and Sengun.
03:20
I am not saying they are similar, but their goal is to be the offense for the team,
03:26
the offensive engine.
03:27
They are going up against one of the toughest matchups they could possibly have
03:31
on the other side of the court.
03:32
Eamon Thompson got first overall DPOI votes from people.
03:36
Eamon Thompson held Steph to three points just a week ago.
03:39
Draymond Green is Draymond Green.
03:41
And got, of course, first overall DPOI votes from people.
03:44
And can give Sengun some absolute issues.
03:47
So then who swings this series?
03:50
If Jimmy Butler is averaging 30 a game,
03:54
Golden State is absolutely going to win this series.
03:56
I am fascinated by Jalen Green.
03:59
Jalen Green's worst opponent on the year, if you look at it,
04:02
points per game statistically is probably Golden State.
04:04
But it shouldn't be.
04:06
Nobody on the Warriors should really be guarding him.
04:08
Certainly not Pods or Moses Moody.
04:11
Can Jalen Green step up and be a swing in this series?
04:15
I think he can.
04:17
I think the Rockets minus a game and a half around 320 is worth a look.
04:22
Yet not one that I've played myself.
04:25
I like a lot of Eamon Thompson props in this.
04:27
We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:29
We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:29
We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:29
We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:30
We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:30
We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:31
We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:32
We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:33
We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:34
We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:35
We will hit those before we get out of here.
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We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:37
We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:38
We will hit those before we get out of here.
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We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:40
We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:41
We will hit those before we get out of here.
04:42
We will hit those before we get out of here.
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