Westgate SuperBook installs Spurs as massive underdogs in Western Conference finals

ByBen Fawkes ESPN logo
Friday, May 12, 2017

The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook isn't giving the San Antonio Spurs much of a chance against the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals.

After the Spurs routed the Houston Rockets on Thursday night to advance, the Westgate opened San Antonio as a +900 underdog and Golden State as a massive -1600 favorite to win the series.

A $100 bet on the Warriors to win the series would win $6.25. That same $100 bet on the Spurs would win $900.

The Warriors are 8-0 this postseason and are looking to return to the NBA Finals for the third straight year. Standing in their way is a playoff-tested San Antonio team, albeit one that is without injured point guard Tony Parker and now has a banged-up Kawhi Leonard.

Golden State was a -20,000 favorite against the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the postseason and a -10,000 favorite against the Utah Jazzin the second round. The Warriors are currently 5-14 favorites to win the NBA title after opening the season 3-2 back in May 2016.

Per ESPN Stats & Information, the Spurs were 8.5-point underdogs against the Rockets on Thursday night, the second-largest underdog they've been in 268 playoff games under Gregg Popovich. The only other time that San Antonio was a bigger playoff underdog was at the Los Angeles Lakers on May 27, 2001, a game the Spurs lost 111-82 as 9-point underdogs.

TheWestern Conference finals begin Sunday at Golden State. The Spurs are currently consensus 10.5-point underdogs in Game 1 in Las Vegas sportsbooks.

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