Buy Or Sell: The Winner Of Game 5 Will Win The Series

[ABM]

What Say You?

 

[Tince]

Buy if the Lakers win game 5....

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Sell, because of the format, if celts win, it doesnt matter

 

[Pinwheel1]

I can't see Boston winning again in LA. The only way it could happen is a tough physical game 7 where it is tight going into the 4th and Ray goes off again. Don't see it happening, but there is always a chance.

 

[Minstrel]

Buy if the Lakers win game 5....

Same. The Celtics winning doesn't mean they'll win the series. The Lakers winning gives them a big edge and likely means they'll win the series.

 

[Eastoff]

Also, Sell this Faux News Format of "Buy or Sell"

 

[BrianFromWA]

uh, I think it's from Around the Horn. Not Fox News.

 

[BrianFromWA]

And Sell, b/c any given day either team which plays better is capable of winning on the other's court. there's no "momentum", "home court decisive edge", or anything else. It's "who plays better that day". And that's independent of who wins game 5.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I say Buy. Bynum is getting worse the longer this thing drags out, and he represents the Lakers one big mismatch, with him effective they seem to win, without him they seem to falter. If the Lakers take game 5 it means they have a pretty good shot at wrapping it up at home in 6, if the Celts go back to LA with a 3-2 lead I expect it to go to 7 and that's where the Bynum factor comes in.

 

[ABM]

I can't see Boston winning again in LA.

Ya never know.

 

[HOWIE]

I said "BUY"......I say Boston in 6 or Lakers in 7, so with the way that this series has gone I guess I should have gone Sell as niether time has won two in a row. Boston needed to win at least two games at home to win it all and that is why I'm going with "Buy" trying to sell myself now.

 

[HailBlazers]

Buyyyy

BEAT LA

 

[hasoos]

I don't agree. Both teams have shown they can win on the road.

 

[Shapecity]

I say Buy. Bynum is getting worse the longer this thing drags out, and he represents the Lakers one big mismatch, with him effective they seem to win, without him they seem to falter. If the Lakers take game 5 it means they have a pretty good shot at wrapping it up at home in 6, if the Celts go back to LA with a 3-2 lead I expect it to go to 7 and that's where the Bynum factor comes in.

I feel the same way. The Celtics depth becomes the xfactor the longer this series go. Bynum might look ok this Sunday, but what happens on the quick turnaround on Tuesday and if necessary on Thursday?

 

[hasoos]

I say Buy. Bynum is getting worse the longer this thing drags out, and he represents the Lakers one big mismatch, with him effective they seem to win, without him they seem to falter. If the Lakers take game 5 it means they have a pretty good shot at wrapping it up at home in 6, if the Celts go back to LA with a 3-2 lead I expect it to go to 7 and that's where the Bynum factor comes in.

Yea its amazing how the game turned once the size advantage was gone.

 

[Stevenson]

Stats say the Game 5 winner wins 84% of all series.

 

[¹²³]

According to this site:

Considering win order; considering site order: The team winning Game 1 and losing Game 2 at home and winning Game 3 and losing Game 4 on the road (Los Angeles) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record:

series record, NBA only, all rounds: 23-5 (.821)
series record, NBA only, Finals round: 10-0 (1.000)
Game 5 record, NBA only, all rounds: 23-5 (.821)
Game 5 record, NBA only, Finals round: 9-1 (.900)

 

[ABM]

Buy.

Also, with Bynum's status relatively shaky, this series takes on a whole new light. The playing field might have been leveled!!

 

[jlprk]

I thought, how can the Lakers win 2 elimination games in a row. Even if they win Game 6, they'll exhaust their energy doing that and lose Game 7. So I thought, about 90% that the Celtics will win the series.

Then tonight I read that a 3-2 lead has happened 25 times, and the team with the 3 has won 17 times. So the probability is only 17/25 = 68% that the Celtics will win the series.