NBA Playoffs Betting Preview: Warriors, Spurs Highlight Western Conference

April 14th, 2016 by OddsShark.com Leave a reply »
It will be a big surprise if the two best teams during the regular season do not meet in this year’s Western Conference Finals, as the Golden State Warriors (73-9) and San Antonio Spurs (67-15) were easily the class of the NBA during a record-setting year.

So it should not be a shocker that Golden State is the -190 favorite (bet $190 to win $100) on the odds to win the Western Conference while San Antonio is the +230 second choice (bet $100 to win $230) at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.

The teams are also the top two favorites on the odds to win the NBA championship, according to oddsmakers at -150 and +375, respectively.

The defending champion Warriors won more games than any team in league history, breaking the previous record set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, and the Spurs tied the 1985-86 Boston Celtics for the best home mark of all time at 40-1. San Antonio’s lone home loss came against Golden State 92-86 on April 10 after the Spurs had won the previous meeting there 87-79 on March 19.

Of the previous 10 teams that finished 67-15 or better, only one did not make it to the conference finals and eight won it all.< ...

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