On Monday the NBA Power system Play is on the San Antonio Spurs. Game 504 at 9:05 eastern, The Spurs as do all home team in this round have a solid advantage winning 70% of the time. The Spurs could gain much needed momentum here if they can take down their Cryptonite in the OKC Thunder. A team that beaten them all 4 times this season and covered 11 of the last 12 against the Spurs. Two of the wins halted 11 and 19 game win streaks. The Spurs will have the advantage of not having to deal with Serge Ibaka who is out for the series. San Antonio is 7-0 straight up with 5 covers at home with 3+ days rest . The Thunder are 0-4 straight up and have failed to cover the last 3 times on the road with 3 or more days rest. For technical support we have a Powerful system that plays against teams like OKC That are off a series deciding dog win in their last game if they are now playing a #1 seed. In closing, the Spurs have plenty of motivation and will want to end the talk that they cant beat the Thunder. The winning tea, in this series has covered 12 of 13. Look for the Spurs to get the win and cover.
HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Playing Game 1 @ H:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team playing Game 1 @ H (San Antonio) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2014 NHL and NBA Quarterfinals rounds:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 834-410 (.670)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 200-114 (.637)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 346-119 (.744)
series record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 77-37 (.675)
Game 1 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 833-411 (.670)
Game 1 record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 203-111 (.646)
Game 1 record, NBA only, all rounds: 341-124 (.733)
Game 1 record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 80-34 (.702)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1244 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2014 NHL and NBA Quarterfinals rounds. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.