The Golden State Warriors will win the 2018 NBA championship.

Seriously, why even play this season?

That’s what the oddsmakers appear to believe anyway, as the defending champion Warriors are an overwhelming favourite to win it all in the NBA, which began its 2017-18 season on Tuesday.

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The last team not from the Bay Area or Cleveland to be crowned NBA champions are the San Antonio Spurs, who are listed at 15-1. The Boston Celtics’ chances at a championship took a hit with Gordon Hayward’s gruesome injury, as they’ve moved to 15-1. Last year’s NBA MVP Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder have 16-1 odds. NBA 2021 NBA Championship Odds: Nets Betting Line Spikes After James Harden Trade. Caris LeVert to the Indiana Pacers and Jarrett Allen to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Updated NBA title odds. This was Cleveland's second consecutive trip to the NBA Finals, and third overall, seeking to win their first ever NBA championship. This would also be the sixth consecutive NBA Finals appearance for LeBron James, the most for any player not part of the 1960s Boston Celtics, and the fifth for James Jones (who technically qualified for the 2011 NBA Finals along with James, but did not play).

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With odds to win a championship that you don’t see every day, Golden State currently pays out at just 1.66 on PlayNow.com. That means a $100 bet on them to be better than all 29 other NBA teams would earn you a profit of only $66.

To put that in perspective, you can get longer odds for every remaining MLB team to win the World Series. And there’s only four of them left.

It’s not hard to see why Stephen Curry and the Warriors are in a class of their own.

Golden State has been to three straight NBA Finals, winning twice. Armed with Kevin Durant, they were the class of the league last season, finishing with the best record during the regular season before winning 16 of 17 games in the playoffs.

They are the super team of super teams.

The Cleveland Cavaliers (5.50), could have something to say about that though. Cleveland has been to three-straight Finals as well, and are always a force with LeBron James, even at age 32. Though they were forced to trade Kyrie Irving for Isaiah Thomas, they’ve added former NBA MVP Derrick Rose and LeBron’s old buddy in Miami, Dwayne Wade.

The Houston Rockets, who upset Golden State on opening night, have decent odds to win it all (10-1). The last team not from the Bay Area or Cleveland to be crowned NBA champions are the San Antonio Spurs, who are listed at 15-1.

The Boston Celtics’ chances at a championship took a hit with Gordon Hayward’s gruesome injury, as they’ve moved to 15-1. Last year’s NBA MVP Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder have 16-1 odds.

Everyone else is 30-1 or more.

The Toronto Raptors, who begin their season on Thursday, are 40-1 long shots despite the fact they’re expected to be a playoff team again this year.

Six teams – the Orlando Magic, Brooklyn Nets, Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls, Sacramento Kings, and Atlanta Hawks – have just a 500-1 shot at winning it all.

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To put that in perspective, no NHL team has longer odds than 100-1 to win the Stanley Cup.

A $100 bet on one of the 500-1 teams would pay out $50,000.

Here are the full odds:

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The Golden State Warriors are the Las Vegas favorites to win the NBA championship, but LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers still have the sportsbooks' attention.

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Heading into the final two months of the regular season, more money has been bet on the Warriors to win the title than any other team at William Hill's sportsbook in Nevada, where Golden State is listed at plus-240, or 12-5. The Cavaliers are next at 3-1, followed by the San Antonio Spurs (13-2) and the Atlanta Hawks (7-1).

In June, when the books began putting up odds to win the 2015 championship, the Cavaliers were listed as high as 60-1. Soon after, rumors of James' interest in returning to Cleveland surfaced, and bets started to come in on the Cavaliers. The MGM took a $1,000 bet on the Cavs when they were 40-1 before James' decision to leave the Miami Heat and head back to Cleveland. After his return was made official, the Cavs were anointed the favorites to win the title, leaving the books with some liability.

Despite an uneven start -- Cleveland was 19-20 after a loss to Phoenix on Jan. 19 -- the Cavaliers remained near the top of the championship odds. At 7-2, Cleveland remains the favorite at the Westgate SuperBook, listed just ahead of the Warriors at 4-1.

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The majority of books have Golden State as the favorite, though, including the MGM, CG Technology and William Hill. The Warriors opened at 15-1 at William Hill. Fourteen percent of money wagered on William Hill's NBA futures pool is on Golden State, according to numbers provided by the book. The defending champion Spurs have attracted 12 percent of the action, followed by the Cavs at 11 percent.

The Warriors were 13.5-point home favorites when they knocked off a Cleveland team without James, 112-94. on Jan. 9. The two favorites meet for the last time in the regular season Feb. 26 in Cleveland.

A handful of teams, including the Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers, have been eliminated from contention on the SuperBook's title odds, but not before some bettors were able to take a chance on the ultimate fliers. The SuperBook took seven bets on the Sixers to win the championship at odds of 1,000-1 and greater. Nineteen bettors took a stab on the Knicks winning it all. They opened around 40-1, but were listed at 9,999-1 by Jan. 1.

There were 66 bets on the Lakers to win the championship at the SuperBook before they were removed from consideration. Only five teams have received more bets than the Lakers, who have attracted more championship wagers than the Los Angeles Clippers, according to SuperBook assistant manager and head NBA oddsmaker Jeff Sherman.

The lowly Knicks (10-44) are the only team guaranteed not to reach their projected season win total in Vegas. The over/under on the Knicks' wins was set at 40 in October at the SuperBook.

The surprising Milwaukee Bucks (30-23) were the only team to eclipse their season win total by the All-Star break. The SuperBook had the Bucks' win total at 24.5.

The Hawks, owners of the best record in the Eastern Conference and the best record against the spread (36-17 ATS), matched their win total projection of 43 at the All-Star break.

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The Denver Nuggets, at 20-30-3 against the spread, were the worst bet before the All-Star break.