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Washington at Cleveland

May 3, 2006
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Premium Pick
3 units on Cleveland -5.5 (-110) (risk 3 to return 5.73)
Result:
LOSS

This series has been going back and forth. First Cleveland comes out on top, then Washington wins a must win game two, then Cleveland wins a road playoff game which was huge for the development of this team and then Washington took an important and must win game four. Throughout this series, it seems that Cleveland has been on the offensive and Washington has been on the defensive. Now, can the Cavs come back home and win after the road loss? Yes. The Cavaliers are 7-1 ATS after a straight up (SU) loss. Although Cleveland is young, I firmly beleive they understand the importance of this game as if they drop it, they will be faced with a horrible situation in that they face elimination on the road at Washington in Game Six. To avoid the situation and remain in the driver's seat as they have throughout this series, I beleive Cleveland comes back and plays strong after the loss as it is their turn to win now. I will ride the strong performance of Cleveland after a loss in front of their home crowd in what is a must-win game for the Cavs.

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