The Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs are favored to win the NBA playoffs from the deep Western Conference.
The Golden State Warriors finished the regular season with a 39-2 record straight-up and 26-14-1 record against the spread at home. The Warriors will look to take advantage of their hard-earned home court advantage, beginning with a first-round series against the New Orleans Pelicans.
Golden State is the biggest favorite on the board in the first round, going off at -4000 to win its series against New Orleans according to sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
In addition to owning the best record in the NBA this season, Golden State has an excellent track record against New Orleans in recent years with a 10-1 SU and 7-3-1 ATS record in its last 11 games against the Pelicans. New Orleans is a +2000 underdog to win this series.
The Houston Rockets lost back-to-back games to the San Antonio Spurs in early April, but still ended up with the No. 2 seed after ending the season on a 13-4 SU and 11-6 ATS run. The Rockets start their postseason this Saturday at home against the Dallas Mavericks.
Dallas entered the postseason on a 4-1 SU and 3-2 ATS run after going just 2-6 SU and ATS over its previous eight games. The Rockets are -290 to win the series over Dallas at +245 on the NBA betting lines.
San Antonio could have locked up the No. 2 seed with a win over New Orleans on Wednesday, but fell all the way to No. 6 after losing that game. As a result, the Spurs will take on the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round. Even with the loss, San Antonio still finished the season on a 21-4 SU and 18-7 ATS run.
The Clippers have home court advantage, and ended the year 14-1 SU and 9-6 ATS, but are still a +160 underdog to win this series at the sportsbooks with the Spurs favored at -180.
In the final series out West, the Memphis Grizzlies host the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday in Game 1 of their best-of-seven set. Memphis has dominated the Trail Blazers over the last few seasons with an 8-1 SU and ATS record in its last nine games against Portland, according to the OddsShark NBA Database.
The Grizzlies are a -190 favorite over Portland at +160.
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