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NBA Title and Awards Odds

John Benson

by John Benson in News

Updated Jan 17, 2018 · 9:40 AM PST

The NBA’s regular season came to a close last night.

With the playoff field set, it’s time to update the NBA Title odds for the 16 teams left standing.

And now that all 82 games are in the books, we can take a closer look at the individual hardware that will be given out this spring.

Whether you agree or disagree with our numbers, let us know in the comments! But remember to back up your hot-takes with only the advanced-est of statistics, like WoT (Wins-on-Tuesdays) and PaLB (Performance-after-a-Light-Breakfast).

Playoff Odds:

Odds of Winning the NBA Title

Cleveland Cavaliers: 2/1

Golden State Warriors: 2/1

San Antonio Spurs: 5/1

Atlanta Hawks: 14/1

Chicago Bulls: 20/1

Los Angeles Clippers: 25/1

Houston Rockets: 30/1

Memphis Grizzlies: 35/1

Dallas Mavericks: 55/1

Portland Blazers: 75/1

Toronto Raptors: 80/1

Washington Wizards: 100/1

New Orleans Pelicans: 200/1

Boston Celtics: 250/1

Milwaukee Bucks: 300/1

Brooklyn Nets: 400/1

 

Odds of Winning the Eastern Conference:

Cleveland Cavaliers: 1/3

Atlanta Hawks: 7/2

Chicago Bulls: 8/1

Toronto Raptors: 30/1

Washington Wizards: 33/1

Boston Celtics: 90/1

Milwaukee Bucks: 100/1

Brooklyn Nets: 150/1

 

Odds of Winning the Western Conference

Golden State Warriors: 5/6

San Antonio Spurs: 5/2

Los Angeles Clippers: 5/1

Houston Rockets: 15/1

Memphis Grizzlies: 15/1

Dallas Mavericks: 25/1

Portland Blazers: 35/1

New Orleans Pelicans: 150/1

 

Odds of Going 16-0 in the Playoffs:

Cleveland: 100/1

Golden State: 150/1

Atlanta: 400/1

San Antonio: 400/1

 

Odds of Losing in the First Round:

San Antonio: 6/5

Atlanta: 8/1

Cleveland: 10/1

Golden State: 10/1

 

Most Likely Higher Seed to Lose in the First Round:

Portland Trail Blazers: 2/3

Los Angeles Clippers: 5/6

Toronto Raptors: 6/5

 

Odds of the No. 8 Seed Winning in the First Round:

East – Brooklyn: 8/1

West – New Orleans: 10/1

 

Odds of the Following NBA Finals Match-Ups:

Golden State-Cleveland: 5/3

San Antonio-Cleveland: 4/1

Golden State-Atlanta: 8/1

San Antonio-Atlanta: 14/1

Golden State-Chicago: 15/1

San Antonio-Chicago: 30/1

Los Angeles-Chicago: 50/1

 

Odds of Scoring 40-Points in a Playoff Game:

James Harden: 5/1

LeBron James: 6/1

Steph Curry: 8/1

Kyrie Irving: 9/1

Klay Thompson: 9/1

Blake Griffin: 15/1

 

NBA Awards Odds:

MVP Odds:

Steph Curry: 1/3

James Harden: 2/1

Russell Westbrook: 8/1

LeBron James: 10/1

Chris Paul: 12/1

Anthony Davis: 14/1

 

Defensive POY Odds:

Draymond Green: 2/1

Tim Duncan: 5/1

Kawhi Leonard: 6/1

Anthony Davis: 7/1

DeAndre Jordan: 8/1

Rudy Goebert: 10/1

 

Coach of the Year Odds:

Mike Budenholzer: 1/2

Steve Kerr: 2/1

Gregg Popovich: 6/1

David Blatt: 12/1

FIELD: 15/1

 

Rookie of the Year Odds:

Andrew Wiggins: 1/9

Nerlens Noel: 10/1

Elfrid Payton: 12/1

Jusef Nurkic: 12/1

Nikola Mirotic: 15/1

 

Sixth Man of the Year Odds:

Lou Williams: 3/2

Isaiah Thomas: 3/2

Andre Iguodala: 6/1

Marreese Speights: 8/1

Jamal Crawford:  10/1

 

Most Improved Player Odds:

Jimmy Butler:  2/1

Draymond Green: 3/1

Klay Thompson: 5/1

Giannis Antetokounmpo: 7/1

FIELD: 15/1

(Photo credit: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA (AAAA0584) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. Photo has been cropped.)

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