NBA Finals Betting Odds 2016: Where Warriors, Cavs, Spurs And Others Stand Before All-Star Break

Stephen Curry Warriors 2015 — Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors improved their chances of back-to-back titles after beating the San Antonio Spurs by 30 points Monday night. Getty Images

In the last eight days the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors have turned back the two biggest threats to their repeat hopes, the San Antonio Spurs and Cleveland Cavaliers, by 30 points and they figure to stay atop the list of title favorites for the rest of the season.

Point guard Stephen Curry and the Warriors completely dismantled the Tim Duncan-less Spurs 120-90 on Monday night, stretching their home record to a perfect 21-0 and keeping their pursuit of the NBA’s best regular season record on course.

Following the victory, during which Curry netted 37 points and often made reigning Defensive Player of the Year Kawhi Leonard look silly on defense, the Warriors improved their chances of back-to-back championships to +110, according to the latest futures from Bovada.lv. A little over six weeks ago the Warriors were +140 favorites, and have now improved from 41.67 percent to 47.62 percent to repeat.

Armed with Curry and the NBA’s best offense, as well as guard Klay Thompson and forward Draymond Green, Golden State remains well ahead of both San Antonio (+260) and the Eastern Conference favorite Cavaliers (+325) with only a few weeks left until the All-Star break.

And odds makers haven’t budged from their initial projection of an NBA Finals rematch from last year, with Golden State potentially meeting LeBron James and Cavs once again for the title.

If successful, the Warriors would be just the third franchise to act as repeat champion this millennium, following the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat.

Still, the Spurs and their decade-and-a-half of excellence remain Golden State’s biggest threat in the West. San Antonio sits only three games back of Golden State for first in the Western Conference, and it could still challenge the Warriors for home-court advantage throughout the playoffs in the second-half of the season.

The Cavs, on the other hand, are dealing with both head coaching and personnel issues. Cleveland recently fired David Blatt and promoted former player Tyronn Lue to head coach last week, and immediately fell to Chicago by 13 points. And Lue is also trying to introduce a more up-tempo offense while hoping to get forward Kevin Love more involved in the offense to take some pressure off superstars James and Kyrie Irving. Love too is at the center of trade speculation even though Cleveland general manager David Griffin shot down those claims Monday.

But to hear Las Vegas tell it, the Warriors, Spurs and Cavs are in a tier all their own.

The next squads even close to contending begin with the Oklahoma City Thunder at +1200, followed by the Los Angeles Clippers at +2500, and the Toronto Raptors standing as Cleveland’s top competition in the East at +2800.

Odds To Win 2016 NBA Finals

Golden State Warriors +110

San Antonio Spurs +260

Cleveland Cavaliers +325

Oklahoma City Thunder +1200

Los Angeles Clippers +2500

Toronto Raptors +2800

Chicago Bulls +3300

Atlanta Hawks +5000

Miami Heat +5000

Indiana Pacers +5000

Houston Rockets +6600