Warriors Still Favorites To Win The NBA Title, Not The Clippers

USA Today

With the Los Angeles Clippers on a roll after crushing the Houston Rockets in consecutive games during their second-round playoff series, three’s been a lot of buzz about the team’s chances of winning it all at season’s end. Chris Paul and company were able to prove all their doubters wrong in the first round against the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs in seven games, but few believed they’d be able to continue playing at a high level throughout the rest of the playoffs.

Now the Clippers have a 3-1 edge in their series against James Harden’s Rockets and the consensus seems to be that it’ll be only a matter of time before Doc Rivers’ squad advances to the Western Conference Finals. Along with many taking Los Angeles to advance to the next round, many are convinced the Clippers may be the team to beat of the eight remaining.

Although Los Angeles has a lot of people buzzing about this title hopes, the Golden State Warriors remain the favorites to win it all with 13/10 odds, according to Sportsbook.ag.

Currently, the Warriors are getting all they can handle from the Memphis Grizzlies. Marc Gasol and company are coming off an impressive win over Golden State in Game 3, but now face a desperate Warriors team looking to bounce back with MVP Stephen Curry leading the way.

Coming into Game 4 in Memphis, the Warriors are favored with a point squad of -4.5, according to Sportsbook.ag. Although the Grizzlies have changed the pace of the series to their liking, Golden State has proven time and time again that they can play with any team in this league this season and will try to even the series at two games apiece before heading back to the Bay Area for Game 5.