Minnesota vs. OKC Game 1: NBA Western Conference Finals

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00:00Only a short turnaround DRS for OKC.

00:04Of course, Victoria is at home in game number seven on Sunday afternoon.

00:08Minnesota's been off for about six days after making quick work of the Steph Curry-Less,

00:14Golden State Warriors, and only five games in their second round set.

00:18Will it have an impact?

00:19Let's discuss.

00:20Seven and a half points spread in favor of the Thunder.

00:23Total on the rise day over day, now at 216 and a half on the FanDuel Sportsbook.

00:31OKC, Minnesota, game one of the Western Conference Finals.

00:35DRS, what do you expect it to look like tonight?

00:39It should be fun.

00:39Like, you know, seeing two new teams set up in the Western Conference Finals,

00:43you know, last year getting to the Western Conference Finals, Minnesota.

00:45Can they get over the hurdle this year?

00:47OKC sort of fight for that right of, yeah, we won 68 games.

00:50Let's prove it in the playoffs.

00:51And SGA is the true MVP of the league, vanquishing Nikola Jokic in that last series.

00:56It's sort of saying, you know what?

00:57I already probably was going to get the award, but that just drives home the extra stake here.

01:01But let's understand this.

01:03The seven and a half that you looked at for a couple days now,

01:05most people in the betting public, according to the FanDuel Sportsbook,

01:08are betting towards Minnesota.

01:0965% of the spread bets coming in, 64% of the money as it stands right now here in New Jersey.

01:15And I would tend to agree with that because you're looking at it, wait a second.

01:18Rested and ready.

01:19I think they can win game number one.

01:20But if not, they can keep it close.

01:22All makes some sense.

01:23But I'm actually betting this series a little bit differently.

01:26I like the fact that OKC was at home in a game number seven, let's just call it two days ago,

01:31and is going to get right back out on the court, keep the momentum going.

01:34The fans will be excited.

01:35It's a new round and it's a new series.

01:36Just sort of saying, you know what?

01:37Let's get ourselves off to a good foot.

01:39Now, secondarily, in game number two, I'm actually looking more towards the Minnesota Timberwolves

01:43because they had to lay off.

01:45They're going to get caught with an avalanche of emotion in game number one.

01:48Can they win?

01:48Sure, they can win.

01:49They're a good basketball team.

01:50But I'm focused more on game number two.

01:51So for me, looking at this, where most people thinking it's a detriment to take a look at OKC,

01:56oh, all that pressure of game number seven.

01:58I get that.

01:59But I still think that adrenaline of that victory is still there for game number one and a better chance for Minnesota to win game number two.

02:04So for me, sevens are out there at other outlets here, seven and a half at the FanDuel Sportsbook.

02:10If you ask me also, Ben, where this line is going to be around game time,

02:13I probably would think it would be closer to seven than, let you say, going to eight points here.

02:17But I do think we could have a double-digit victory tonight for OKC.

02:21I'll buck the trend and the public, and I'll take Oklahoma City tonight to cover the line.

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