The Clippers and Lakers, in that order, are the betting favorites to win the NBA championship, and the Clippers opened as one-point favorites to win their head-to-head regular-season opener Tuesday night at Staples Center. The Lakers are now two-point favorites in the opener, although the Clippers are still the 3/1 favorites to win the league title, followed by the Lakers at 4/1, Milwaukee at 6/1, Houston at 8/1 and Philadelphia at 8/1. AdvertisementSurprisingly, the Westgate in Las Vegas has both league teams sitting below Utah in its “Regular Season Win Total” proposition. Milwaukee leads the league at 58.5 wins, followed by Utah at 53.5, the Clippers at 53 and the Lakers at 50. UCLA, a four-point underdog, earned just its second point-spread cover of the season in a 34-16 rout of short-handed Stanford.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 22, 2019 02:26 UTC