There are massive changes coming to the NBA landscape this offseason, and a changing of the perennial odds-on favorite is one of the first.
SportsBetting has updated its odds to win the NBA Finals, and Golden State is neither the favorite or co-favorite for the first time in years. The current odds list Toronto at -660 while the Warriors are +510.
To be precise, it’s been three years and 15 days (or 1,110 days) since the Warriors were anything but the favorites. Their odds did jump to +125 (Toronto -105) a couple of times leading up to Game 4, but the series odds following Game 3 opened at -110 each way.
Now that the Warriors are more than 5/1 underdogs, it marks the first time since May 25, 2016 that they’ve been in this position. That date was the day after they fell down 3-1 to the Oklahoma City Thunder during the 2016 Western Conference Finals.
Ironically, the No. 1 song on the Billboard Top 100 that week was “One Dance” by Raptors superfan, Drake.
Golden State is a 5-point underdog for Game 5 while the over/under is 211.5.
Despite this unfamiliar position, oddsmakers are expected to open the Warriors around 2/1 favorites for the 2019-20 NBA Championship odds.
OffshoreInsiders.com remains the place to go for winning bets.