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Both of these teams are coming off tough, nail-biting series that went all the way to Game 7 and saw them advance. Pistons had 210 total points in that last game, while the Cavaliers had 216 total points in their last game. Both are playing very well defensively, as they limited their opponents to 94 and 102 points respectively in those game 7 matches, so got to expect a bit of a feel-out game 1 here, which should stay at lower scores and result in an under.

These two teams stayed below this margin in 3 of 4 games in this series, including the last 2, one of which even went to overtime and still produced an under on this line. They also stayed below this margin in 2 of the previous 3 H2H meetings prior to this series. With this being the decisive game 5, got to expect an edgy and tense game that should remain low-scoring and result in an under.

Dodgers are strong, 22-13, while Astros are struggling, 14-22. Dodgers will start the incredible Ohtani, who is 2-1 with a 0.60 ERA as he allowed only 4 total runs across his 5 starts, all of which went at least 6 innings. On the other side, Astros will start Lambert, who is 1-2 with a 3.52 ERA in his 3 starts this season, and he is awful, 0-3 with a 9.74 ERA, in his last 5 career starts versus the Dodgers, so got to give the edge to the visitors here and back the Dodgers to win.

These two teams combined for an incredible 15 total goals in the first game of this series in an offensive explosion that defenses and goalies couldn't keep up with. They went over this total in 3 of the last 4 H2H meetings. With both sides filled with so much talent that can produce a lot of goals, alongside two strong power plays, got to expect this series to continue to be high scoring and result in another over in the end.

Thunder swept their way through the first round to earn some extra rest, while the Lakers battled a long 6-game series against the Rockets before advancing. Thunder won all 4 head-to-head meetings against the Lakers in the regular season, with 3 of those 4 wins coming by at least a 29-point margin, and 2 home wins were by 29 and 43 points. Thunder always lift it up a notch against the Lakers, who are undermanned without Doncic, so got to expect Thunder to establish dominance and win game 1 by a huge margin.

Thunder kept their first-round opponents to 105.5 points scored per game, while the Lakers scored just 96, 93, and 98 points in the last 3 games of their first-round series. In their 4 head-to-head meetings in the regular season, Thunder kept the Lakers to 96.3 points scored per game. Lakers also were very good defensively so far in these playoffs, keeping the Rockets under 100 points in 4 of 6 games, including allowing only 78 points in the last of those games, so got to expect Thunder's rock-solid defense and the Lakers' slow pace and decent defense to lead to a lower-scoring game that should result in an under.