In game four of their series the one seed Golden State Warriors will be on the road to take on the five seed Portland Trail Blazers in the second round of the 2016 NBA Playoffs.  The Warriors hold a (2-1) series advantage with game four taking place in Portland.  The game will be played on Monday, May, 9^th at 10:30 P.M. Eastern Time. “The Crowd” projects a final score of Warriors 107.1 – Blazers 101.6 with an over/under of 208.7.  The Vegas Line has a final score of Warriors 109.5 – Blazers 104.5 with an over/under of 214.

Point differential: Warriors +10.8 (1^st) Blazers +0.8 (13^th)

Points per game: Warriors 114.9 (1^st) Blazers 105.1 (6^th)

Points allowed per game: Warriors 104.1 (19^th) Blazers 104.3 (20^th)

Field Goal Percentage Offense: Warriors 48.7% (1^st) Blazers 45% (16^th)

Three Point Percentage: Warriors 41.6% (1^st) Blazers 37% (tied for 4^th)

Free Throw Percentage: Warriors 76.3% (16^th) Blazers 75.4% (19^th)

Field Goal Percentage Defense: Warriors 43.5% (3^rd) Blazers 45.3 (16^th)

Turnovers committed per game: Blazers 14.1 (17^th) Warriors 14.9 (25^th)

Turnovers forced per game: Warriors 13.8 (15^th) Blazers 12.8 (tied for 24^th)

Rebounds per game: Warriors 46.2 (4^th) Blazers 45.5 (5^th)

Assists per game: Warriors 28.9 (1^st) Blazers 21.3 (21^st)

The Warriors hold the advantage in nearly every major statistical category listed above.  Golden State will likely be without star guard Stephen Curry once again but they have played pretty well without him.  Portland is the only team in the NBA to beat Golden State twice this season.  In those two wins for Portland guard Damian Lillard scored over 40 points.  I still think the Warriors are the superior team even without Curry.  I’m taking the Warriors to win and take a (3-1) series lead.

**LISTEN HERE to Ryan Berger’s latest podcast “The Berger Shop”.  Ryan mentions The Crowd’s Line as growing platform and how their predictions are more accurate than the Vegas Line.  Also Ramona Shelburne from ESPN joins the show to discuss the NBA Playoffs.

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