NBA playoffs odds 2018: Warriors, Rockets headline NBA championship betting lines

The Golden State Warriors are still the favorites on the odds to win the NBA Championship despite ending the regular season on an unimpressive 7-10 straight up and 6-11 against the spread run. The Warriors will kick their postseason off with a seven-game series against the San Antonio Spurs starting on Saturday.

Golden State is going off at +135 to win the NBA title at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. The team will be without Stephen Curry for the first round but is still a -1100 favorite squaring off against the San Antonio Spurs on the NBA series prices. The Spurs are an 8-point underdog in Saturday’s series opener and are +775 to win the series.

San Antonio managed to make it into the postseason with a 47-35 SU and 40-38-4 ATS record despite being without their franchise player, Kawhi Leonard, for all but nine games this season. Leonard is still out indefinitely with his quad injury as the Spurs are +6000 underdogs to win the NBA Championship.

The projected Western Conference Finals between the Houston Rockets and Golden State may be the de facto championship series as Houston is a virtual co-favorite with Golden State to win the championship at +165. Houston is the only first round favorite bigger than Golden State going off at a staggering -3000 to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves (+1500). The Rockets are also the biggest chalk on the board this weekend going off as 11.5-point favorites in Game 1.

The Eastern Conference is also expected to be a two-horse race between the Cleveland Cavaliers (+650 to win the NBA Championship) and the Toronto Raptors (+850). Both of these teams are going off as -650 favorites to win their first round series as Cleveland takes on Indiana (+500 to win the series) and Toronto clashes with Washington (+500). Despite the identical series odds, Toronto is a bigger favorite in Game 1 at -8 than the Cavaliers are at -6.5.

Value bettors may be enticed by the Philadelphia 76ers at +1500 to win the championship. Philadelphia closed out the regular season on a 16-0 SU and 11-5 ATS run and is a -465 favorite to win its series against the Miami Heat (+390). If the top four seeds in the East advance into the second round, Toronto would face Cleveland while Philadelphia would face a Boston Celtics team that doesn’t have Kyrie Irving for the playoffs.

NBA Championship Betting Odds

Golden State Warriors +135

Houston Rockets +160

Cleveland Cavaliers +650

Toronto Raptors +850

Philadelphia 76ers +1500

Oklahoma City Thunder +2500

Portland Trail Blazers +3300

Utah Jazz +4500

San Antonio Spurs +6000

Boston Celtics +7000

Minnesota Timberwolves +9000

Washington Wizards +10000

New Orleans Pelicans +10000

Milwaukee Bucks +10000

Indiana Pacers +10000

Miami Heat +12500

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