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- Updated: May 31, 2016
3:30 PM ET
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — It didn’t take long after the Golden State Warriors beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference finals for various sports books to dub the Warriors as the significant title favorites over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals.
According to the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, Golden State is a 5.5-point favorite to win Thursday’s Game 1 (9 p.m. ET, ABC) and approximately a 2-to-1 favorite to capture the championship.
The odds mean little to LeBron James, however.
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2016 NBA Finals series odds
ESPN Chalk breaks down the betting odds for the NBA Finals, courtesy of the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook.
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“Not my concern,” James said Tuesday, speaking to the media for the first time since the Cavs’ Finals rematch with Golden State was set. “I don’t get involved in all of that — underdog, overdog, whatever the case may be. It’s stupidity.”
James was confident in the Cavs’ chances compared to last June when Cleveland lost Games 4, 5 and 6 and the series after being up 2-1, but couched the confidence as nothing that warrants special attention.
“We’re better built to start the Finals …
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