May 18 NBA Playoff Picks — Golden State Warriors at Portland Trail Blazers

These are the condensed versions of picks for Saturday’s Western Conference Game 3 final between the Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers for StatSalt.

A link to the full preview is below, and confidence ratings are in parentheses. Note: The 5/5 does not represent the best overall pick(s) of the day’s games when there are multiple games, simply the best pick of each individual game.

Golden State Warriors at Portland Trail Blazers:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Warriors +2.5 (-110) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 220 points (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Warriors OVER 109 points (-110) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction 2/Full Game: Stephen Curry OVER 5.5 free throws made (Even) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction 3/Full Game: Green OVER 12.5 points (-120) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction 4/Full Game: Looney OVER 14 points+rebounds (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction 5/Full Game: Lillard OVER 6.5 assists (-115) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction 6/Full Game: McCollum OVER 23.5 points (-130) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction 7/Full Game: Kanter UNDER 9.5 points (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Trail Blazers -2.5 (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 112.5 points (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Warriors OVER 55 points (-115) — 4/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 7-5-0 (.583)
Previous Day’s Record: 6-6-0 (.500)
May Record: 7-5-0 (.583)

April Record: 6-6-0 (.500)
March Record: 0-0-0 (.000)
February Record: 0-0-0 (.000)
January Record: 11-7-0 (.611)
December Record: 4-0-0 (1.000)
November Record: 4-2-0 (.667)
October Record: 14-30-0 (.286)

Season Record: 46-50-0 (.479)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)        (0-0 (.000) in May/NBA Playoffs)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)        (0-0 (.000) in May/NBA Playoffs)
3-Star Pick Record: 4-2 (.667)        (4-2 (.667) in May/NBA Playoffs)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-3 (.250)        (1-3 (.250) in May/NBA Playoffs)
5-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.00)        (2-0 (1.00) in May/NBA Playoffs)

(Stephen Curry/Seth Curry photo courtesy Kyle Terada/USA TODAY Sports)