So Spurs won Game 3.

[Haymaker]

What's the W percentage of teams winning Game 3 in the finals?

[Kiddlovesnets]

It was 100% until 2011, but dont worry Spurs will win this one for sure, theres never been a champion team that got blown out at home in an NBA Finals series.

[IncarceratedBob]

90% of teams who win the next game after their 3rd win in the series become champions

[Haymaker]

90% of teams who win the next game after their 3rd win in the series become champions

:biggums:

[crisoner]

Just went on ESPN and the first thing you see is...

How does LeBron deal with losing Article....

WTF?????

:facepalm

[HoopsFanNumero1]

Spurs won game 3 last year too and still ended up choking.

[Haymaker]

Just went on ESPN and the first thing you see is...

How does LeBron deal with losing Article....

WTF?????

:facepalm

Yeah, according to ESPN the NBA is just a bunch of generic players playing vs Lebron.

[Haymaker]

Spurs won game 3 last year too and still ended up choking.

HCA this years and no 2-3-2 format? :confusedshrug:

[HoopsFanNumero1]

HCA this years and no 2-3-2 format? :confusedshrug:

Teams are playing better on the road in this year's playoffs.

[icemanfan]

Teams are playing better on the road in this year's playoffs.
yep, in fact the Spurs just skull ****ed someone last night as the road team.

[Dengness9]

Spurs won game 3 last year too and still ended up choking.


At least we have it in writing that the Spurs "choked" per a frontrunner.


Game 3 was in San Antonio not Miami and Spurs have home court this time.

We'll see what happens.

[KG215]

They said on the radio last night teams with a 2-1 series lead in the NBA Finals go on to win the series 86% of the time. Of course the Spurs had a 2-1 lead in the Finals last year, but that was under a different format.

[dude77]

doesn't mean anything.. heat already showed they don't have a problem playing in sa .. they just had one shitty game at home .. if they don't bounce back on thursday then you can say it's over .. but this is the heat we're talking about .. I wouldn't be surprised if they won a game 7 in sa .. never count out miami heat lebron james

[BoutPractice]

As I said before the game, it really isn't a big deal unless Miami also loses game 4. And they have a tendency to bounce back from losses... If LeBron plays like the usual "back against the wall" LeBron a win is almost a foregone conclusion.

Even if the Spurs win game 5 it's not over. There's still a decent chance this series goes 7 games because the Heat are so good when they're trailing as well as in elimination games. This time though I see the Spurs finishing the job.

[pegasus]

I read somewhere that it was 83%. Game 3 losers won in 2011 and 2013 though.

[russwest0]

I just saw it on ESPN yesterday.

If it was Miami who would have won they would of had a 66% chance to win, since the Spurs won they have a 73% chance to win the series now.

[sabwafare2001]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Heat have been in 4 previous series where they lost game 3 after being tied 1-1.

[tpols]

The spurs had a 99% chance of winning up 5 under 30 seconds last year and still lost.

[diamenz]

i think there's much confusion in this thread. the op asked about the finals, not playoff series. i think most of the percentages pulled are from general playoff series, and even if they are from past finals - it's skewed because of this year's 'new' format.

[Jyap9675]

The spurs had a 99% chance of winning up 5 under 30 seconds last year and still lost.

This. These % don't mean much.