Golden State Warriors Favored to Win NBA Title at All-Star Break

The NBA regular season is almost three-quarters over and teams are enjoying the All-Star Game break as players rest and recover from injuries and coaches prepare for the final push to make the playoffs. Odds makers have adjusted their odds during the break and have kept the Golden State Warriors atop the futures boards to win the 2018-19 NBA title. The Golden State Warriors are -230 favorites on most futures boards. With the addition of a healthy DeMarcus Cousins now in the lineup Golden State appears to be even stronger than before.

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Following the Warriors on the futures board in the top five are the Toronto Raptors are +750, Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks at +950 and the Los Angeles Lakers at +1100. The second five includes the Philadelphia 76ers at +1200, Houston Rockets at +1300, Oklahoma City Thunder at +1800 and the Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets at +2000 and the Utah Jazz at +7000.

One team drawing a great deal of attention is the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks opened at +10000 following the NBA Finals in June of 2018 and are currently +950.

Milwaukee represents a huge liability to odds makers for those bettors that have taken long shot chances on the Bucks before their odds were trimmed.

At +950, the Bucks are at the lowest value off all season and are a formidable contender in the NBA East having won 23 of 28 home games and with one of the NBA’s true superstars in Giannis Antetokounmpo.

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Arriving at the NBA Finals from the Eastern Conference has been considered an easier task in the last few years, but that is no longer the case. The East is much deeper with Milwaukee, Toronto, Boston, Indiana and Philadelphia all contending to win the conference title.

For those that like the Bucks’ chances of winning the NBA title, now is the time to jump on the Greek Freak’s bandwagon.