10-07-2026, 02:45 PM
(10-07-2026, 02:28 PM)Smitty Wrote: Looking at the Vegas over/under, this is how the Western Conference breaks down:
1. OKC 62.5
2. SAS 59.5
3. DEN 49.5
4. MIN 48.5
5. HOU 47.5
6. LAL 46.5
7. POR 42.5
8. PHX 40.5
9. GSW 40.5
10. UTAH 37.5
11. DAL 34.5
12. LAC 30.5
13. MEM 29.5
14. NOP 27.5
15. SAC 21.5
Makes sense to me. It's pretty clear that it's OKC and SAS, then everyone else. Lot of question marks with 3 through 11 there. I can see it playing out a number of different ways. If I were a betting man, I'd only touch a few of those bets. I'd take the under on LAL and PHX and the over on UTAH.
LA Clippers stick out to me. Shouldn't they be more than 4 games off from Dallas? That looks like a dumpster fire this year.
Personally I have my eyes on PHX, Portland and GSW. I think at least two of those slide? I think all have hopes of rising from last season. PHX is a try hard team. They had a very suprising season but it just feels like they could fall back to earth. Portland has pretty good talent, but are adding two guards who cause trouble fitting into the existing lineup. GSW seems good, but if Curry misses games it feels like things could crater quickly.
I think Denver is too high. I think I like them best out of Houston, LAL, Minnesota in a playoff series if healthy. Although, they seem to no treat the regular season seriously and it doesn't appear they have the young legs to get thru the regular season. So when injuries hit, they could be in trouble.