NBA Playoffs: Best Odds to Win
Writing by admin on Thursday, 24 of May , 2007 at 3:51 pm
If this week’s NBA Draft Lottery taught us anything, it’s that the team favored doesn’t always come out on top. Of course, the Dallas Mavericks basically taught us the same lesson a few weeks ago. That being said, here are the teams with the best odds to take home the NBA title.
The odds on favorite to win the NBA Championship on everyone’s list has to be the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs received some big help from Golden State when they knocked off Dallas and the Spurs were able to handle their other biggest competition, the Suns, in six games. In their first two games against the Jazz the Spurs have romped. The Spurs should easily be able post another pair of wins against Utah and will be better than any team coming out of the East, because, well, it’s the East.
If Tim Duncan was as healthy and productive last year as he has been during the Spurs’ current playoff run, San Antonio likely would have met up with – and defeated – Miami in last year’s NBA Finals. The odds on the Spurs taking home the title are a strong 1/3. Odds don’t get much lower than that when you’re talking major championships.
After the Spurs, the odds shoot upward considerably. When you’re starting with odds less than 1/1 you have nowhere to go but up. The Pistons have made it to the NBA Finals in two of the last three years, and after handling Cleveland in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, three out of four looks promising. The Pistons are contenders because they boast so many different scoring options and they can also play stifling defense. Another big plus for the Pistons is they play in the East. Sorry to any East fans out there, but take any team from the East and plant them in the West and they’ll have a tougher time. Odds on the Pistons wearing another championship crown sit at 9/5 right now.
If you looking for the long shots in the NBA Championship race there are two horses to choose from: Cleveland and Utah. The Cavaliers at least have a legitimate shot, according to the oddsmakers at Bodog, who have given them odds of 15/1 right now. The Jazz seem to be done already, and are currently tagged as a 25/1 dog.
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