dollars Favorite to win the NBA Finals this season, a label that can be more of a curse than a blessing.
Milwaukee is looking to become the first unanimous favorite to enter the first round to win the NBA Finals since Golden State since five years ago.
This was the Warriors’ third NBA title with the core of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green. They entered the next postseason in 2019 With the expectation of being a three-time champion. Instead, they lost in six games to the Toronto Raptors, who entered the playoffs that season at +1400 to win the title.
That started an era of parity in the NBA that we still see. From 2015 to 2019, three teams – Golden State, Cleveland and Toronto – have played for the NBA title. From 2020-22, six teams—the Los Angeles Lakers, Miami, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Golden State, and Boston—have reached the NBA Finals, and none of them have been favorites in the playoffs.