Updated Warriors vs. Suns Odds
Warriors Odds | +6 |
Suns Odds | -6 |
Over/Under | 214.5 |
Time | 5 p.m. ET |
TV | ABC |
The Warriors will play their ninth straight Christmas Day game against the defending Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns.
This matchup between the two best teams in the West will be affected — as it seems all of sports and life has been — by the coronavirus.
Golden State will be missing Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins as a result of the ongoing spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
They're big misses, enough to have moved the line for this game from the Suns -4.5 to Suns -6. The total of this contest has also plummeted from 227 to its current mark of 215.5.
While Wiggins and Poole are role players for this Warriors team, it's clear that their impact reverberates on both sides of the ball. For a more in-depth analysis on how, read my colleague's piece on this topic below.
The public has been riding the under on this Christmas Day game as a result of the absences, with about 56% of the bets but a ridiculous 98% of the money on the two teams to score fewer than 215.5 points.
Read further to see whether the sharps are tailing the public on this game's total and spread — or going their own way.