NBA championship odds: Thunder in pole position entering the playoffs
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NBA championship odds: Thunder in pole position entering the playoffs
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Publisher:NY Post NBA
Lead articleArticle published:Pre-Playoff Betting Favorite Has Won 70 Percent Of NBA Championships Since 1980
The Oklahoma City Thunder open the 2026 NBA playoffs as championship favorites at +110, carrying a 48 percent implied probability. Dating back to 1980, the pre-playoff betting favorite wins the championship roughly 70 percent of the time, though recent seasons have shown that edge is shrinking in the NBA's new parity era where no defending champion has even reached the Conference Finals since 2019. The San Antonio Spurs (+500) and Boston Celtics (+550) trail the Thunder in the current title m...
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