The Golden State Warriors killed two birds with one stone on Sunday.  By defeating San Antonio, 92-86, the soldiers not just snapped a 33-game regular season losing streak within the Alamo City, but additionally they equaled the Chicago Bulls' record for 72 wins in a season.  All eyes could be on Steph Curry & Co. Wednesday, once they will try to win number 73 at home vs. the Grizzlies.  And, of course, there are still two Playoff berths up for grabs within the Western Conference, in addition to seeds to be determined, so let us take a look at the impending week.

Spread Watch

The San Antonio Spurs lost for the sixth straight game against the spread on Sunday, and they've did not cover by 6.08 point per game in this stretch - it is also the longest ATS losing streak for the Silver and Black previously two seasons.  The primary problem for the Spurs have been at the offensive end, as they've didn't shoot 50% from the ground in any of the six pointspread defeats (after shooting 50+ percent in five of the eight games prior to the ATS losing streak).  And their opponents have outshot them in all the last five games.  This week, San Antonio will try to right its ship with a house game against the Thunder, on Tuesday, and a road game vs. Dallas, on Wednesday. 

The excellent news for San Antonio - a minimum of for its game vs. the Thunder - is that Oklahoma City could be playing without rest following its Monday tilt with the Lakers.  The Spurs are an exceptional 74-45-1 ATS since February 24, 2010 when playing against an unrested opponent, including 19-5 ATS if the Spurs also are off an upset loss.  Gregg Popovich's crew look to be an exceptional bet of their final home game of the regular season.

Total Watch

The Oklahoma City Thunder have played five straight games over the entire and, in each of these five games, both OKC and its opponents have scored greater than 100 points.  This week, the Thunder will close out their home schedule with a date vs. the Lakers, on Monday.  And, then, on Tuesday, the Thunder will travel to San Antonio to play the Spurs, in what is usually a preview of a quarterfinals match. 

I just like the Thunder/Lakers game to sail over the total, because the Lakers gave up 130 points to the Rockets, on Sunday they usually surrendered 110 to the Pelicans within the game before that.  L. a. has gone over in 11 of 16 games when playing without rest.  Additionally, these two teams have gone over 14-5-1 of their last 20 meetings.

Schedule Watch

In the general week of the NBA season there are several situations on which I REALLY LIKE to wager that relate to the schedule.  One such situation involves playing on teams of their final home game of the season, provided they're off momentum-building SU/ATS wins of their previous two games.  These teams was 'money within the bank' of their last game in front in their home faithful, as they've cashed 66 of 102 since 1991.  Of course, there's nothing wrong with 64.7%, but we will tighten our angle up considerably by eliminating all games where our opponent is fiddling with double-revenge.  Then, our 66-36 ATS angle zooms to 51-18, 73.9% ATS! 

On Tuesday, two teams fit our Last Home Game system:  the Pistons (vs. the warmth) and the Clippers (vs. the Grizzlies).  Looking forward to Wednesday, there might be five more plays (dependent on Monday's results):  the Wizards, Bulls, Timberwolves, Rockets and Suns.  Of those games, my favorite could be Detroit, for 2 reasons.  First, Detroit could be fidgeting with revenge from a 107-89 loss at Miami last Tuesday (Detroit is 20-7-2 ATS in its last 29 at home when fidgeting with revenge).  And, second, Detroit may be playing its final home game with three days of rest (since 1991, winning teams have cashed 65% of their final home game in the event that they played with a minimum of two more days of rest than their opponent).

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