As soon as the season wrapped up and the playoff ladders were completed with teams cemented into their spots Vegas jumped on updating the odds of each team to win the NBA title. The OKC Thunder finished the season with the longest winning streak (five games) but this came on the heels of a 6-13 run. That fact probably didn’t help the OKC Thunder.
I did think the perfect symmetry of the Rockets losing to fall to fourth combined with the Blazers winning to move up into third might equate to a variance in the odds. But the oddsmakers still view the Rockets as the West’s best bet to topple the Warriors.