Reigning MVP Stephen Curry might be back within the lineup for the Golden State Warriors today for Game 4 in their NBA Playoffs series against the Houston Rockets. And the road has responded in kind at Las Vegas sportsbooks and online books.

“We moved Golden State from -7.5 to the present line of -9,” Mike Jerome, oddsmaker for TopBet.eu, told Covers on Saturday night. “I don’t think we will be able to go higher than -9. You never know if that ankle could act up on Curry again.”

Bettors certainly don’t appear to be keen on that prospect, though.

“People are absolutely hammering the Warriors, with 88 percent of the money at the spread backing the defending champs,” Jerome said.

At CG Technology books in Las Vegas, an analogous tale was unfolding.

“The books are assuming Curry is in, that's why the road is 8.5/9, versus 5 in Game 3,” said Jason Simbal, vice chairman of risk management for CG. “We predict him to play, and the bettors are besides.  We've had a lot more action on Golden State thus far.”

Simbal and Jerome said the Warriors-Rockets tilt is seeing probably the most action of all four of today’s contests, with Jerome adding that San Antonio may be getting a large number of support at TopBet because it tries to brush Memphis. As was the case in Game 3, the Spurs are double-digit road chalk, but that’s not slowing their support.

“I think people realize the Spurs intend to make quick business of Memphis, to allow them to rest up for the following round,” Jerome said. “Seventy-three percent of betting cash is backing the Spurs at -13.”

However, at CG books, bettors were leaning at the Grizzlies at +13.5.

Meanwhile, the under trend continues to run rampant during the playoffs, hitting in three of Saturday’s four games to enhance to 19-7 overall, a stout 73 percent. Yet bettors really haven’t been swayed to eschew overs.

“Despite the entire unders hitting, now we have been getting two-way action on lost totals,” Simbal said. “In fact, our two biggest total decisions of Saturday had us needing the under.”

And all those unders has been a boon for TopBet, as well.

“We’re doing great overall on NBA totals,” Jerome said. “We needed the under in 20 of the 26 games.”

Patrick Everson is a Las Vegas-based senior writer for Covers. Follow him on Twitter: @Covers Vegas.

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