These are the condensed versions of picks for Wednesday’s Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors for Winners and Whiners.
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(s) of each individual game.
Golden State Warriors at Toronto Raptors:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Warriors -4.5 (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 213.5 points (-105) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Warriors OVER 109 points (-115) — 3/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction 2/Full Game: Leonard OVER 30.5 points (+107) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction 3/Full Game: Lowry OVER 13.5 points (-130) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction 4/Full Game: Siakam UNDER 18.5 points (-139) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction 5/Full Game: Curry OVER 41.5 points+rebounds+assists (-115) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction 6/Full Game: Cousins OVER 13.5 points (-121) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction 7/Full Game: Cousins YES for double-double (+121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/2nd Half: Warriors -1.5 3rd Quarter (-121) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Warriors -2 (-121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 105 points (-110) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Warriors OVER 53.5 points (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Day’s Record: 5-7-1 (.423)
Previous Day’s Record: 8-4-0 (.667)
May Record: 42-54-2 (.439)
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: 81-99-2 (.451)
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: 2-4-1 (.357) (23-27-1 (.461) in May/NBA Playoffs)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-2 (.500) (10-21 (.323) in May/NBA Playoffs)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500) (8-6-1 (.567) in May/NBA Playoffs)
(DeMarcus Cousins photo courtesy Kyle Terada/USA TODAY Sports)