Golden State at San Antonio

This has been a tough series. Each team has won one on the road, and the series is knotted at two games apiece. I would expect  Game Five to be very physical at the onset, which typically means defensive as each team knows the significance of winning here to go up 3-2. Both of these teams are potent at the offensive end, but what we have seen is a pair of defenses leaving it all on the floor, as the points have not come easy for either team. Both of these teams have averaged well below their season points on offense, and with so much riding here, the defenses, which have grown in confidence, are going to come out and try to impose their wills early. Golden State does not want the crowd to get involved early, and the best way to do that is to defend hard. I look for the first half to be played defensively tough, and will play the first half UNDER the total.