Hawks and Warriors a win away from reaching NBA Conference Finals

With their 98-78 victory in Game 5 on Wednesday night, the Warriors have now beaten the Grizzlies by an average margin of 17.3 points in each of their three wins, while holding Memphis to an average of just 82.6 points per game.

During the series, Golden State have come nowhere close to matching their league-high 110.0 points per game. Despite their own offensive struggles, the Grizzlies have held the Warriors to an average of just 100 points in each of their three wins, and just 95.8 points per game over the course of the series.

Accordingly, the point total has played UNDER in all five games in the series so far, and has plummeted to 193.5 in Game 6.

Golden State remain perched atop the NBA championship odds at Coral, as an even-money bet, and is a steep 1/33 bet to get past the Grizzlies in online series betting.

After taking a commanding 3-1 series lead, the LA Clippers will have to rebound from back-to-back losses and pick up a win in Game 7 on Sunday to vanquish Houston Rockets and earn a berth in the Western Conference final.

The Clippers dropped a stunning 119-107 decision on home court in Game 6, suffering their second straight blowout loss to the Rockets, who had looked like a beaten team after being routed by the Clippers, 128-95, in Game 5.

Five of the six games in the series have now been won by wide double-digit margins, including three games settled by 21 or more points, pushing the point total OVER in all six games so far.

The losses in Game 5 and 6 have devastated the Clippers’ NBA Championship odds at Coral, which have now tumbled to 8/1 after peaking at 3/1 earlier in the series. The Rockets’ surprising turnaround, meanwhile, has vaulted them to 12/1 from as far as 28/1.