RadioOnFire.com - The Golden State Warriors will go head-to-head against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals for the fourth consecutive season. This time around, the defending champion Warriors are bigger favorites than they've ever been.
Last season, Golden State was listed at -300 to defeat the Cavs in the NBA Finals, which they did in five games. This year, the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas opened Golden State as a -1,000 favorite to win the Finals, making them the largest favorite in at least 16 seasons, according to odds database Sportsoddshistory.com
Cleveland opened as a +650 underdog in the series but this is nothing new for LeBron, as he has now been an underdog in seven of his nine Finals appearances.
Cleveland opened as a +650 underdog in the series but this is nothing new for LeBron, as he has now been an underdog in seven of his nine Finals appearances.
According to ESPN, the Warriors opened as 12-point favorites for Thursday night's Game 1, which is tied for the largest point spread in an NBA Finals game since 2001, when the Los Angeles Lakers were a 12-point favorite over Allen Iverson's Philadelphia Sixers in Game 1. Ironically, the Sixers won that game.
Check out the full tv schedule for the 2018 NBA Finals below.
Game 1 from Oracle Arena: Thursday, May 31, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 2 from Oracle Arena: Sunday, June 3, 8 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 3 from Quicken Loans Arena: Wednesday, June 6, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 4 from Quicken Loans Arena: Friday, June 8, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 5* from Oracle Arena: Monday, June 11, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 6* from Quicken Loans Arena: Thursday, June 14, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 7* from Oracle Arena: Sunday, June 17, 8 p.m. ET, ABC
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