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These two teams combined for just 144 points in game 1 of this series. Both have been very good defensively this season as Quimsa allowed 73.7 points per game at home, while Instituto allowed 74.9 points per game on the road this season. They stayed under this total in the last 5 head-to-head meetings, including both regular-season matches this season and the first playoff encounter with those 5 games averaging 149.2 total points per game. Neither is a high-volume 3-point shooting team, and both play quality defense, which should lead to another lower-scoring contest and result in an under.

Rangers are 19-21, of which 9-9 at home, after winning 3 of their last 4 in front of their fans. On the other side, the Diamondbacks are 19-20, of which 7-11 on the road, after losing 5 of their last 6 away games. Rangers will start Eovaldi, who is 4-4 with a 4.15 ERA, and he has been superb in his last 2 starts, allowing only 1 run over 15 innings of work, with both of those starts being wins. Diamondbacks will start Soroka, who is 4-2 with a 4.14 ERA, and he lost his last 2 starts while allowing 9 runs across 9.1 innings of work, so got to give the edge to the Rangers here and back them to win.

Thunder completely dominated this series, leading it 3-0 with 3 convincing wins that came by 18, 18, and 23 points, and they covered the spread in each of those wins. Lakers have enough to hang around for a while, but Thunder depth and much more quality down the roster give them a huge advantage, which they are easily capitalizing on. Thunder also won all 4 head-to-head meetings in the regular season over the Lakers by an average of almost 30 points, so got to expect a fully focused Thunder to once again dominate, looking to get a few extra days of rest ahead of the Conference Finals, which should then see them win convincingly once again.