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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Cleveland&amp;nbsp;Cavaliers&amp;nbsp;are the odds-on favorite to take home the NBA title next season, according to odds&amp;nbsp;listed&amp;nbsp;by the Westgate Las Vegas&amp;nbsp;SuperBook.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Cavaliers, which lost to the Golden State&amp;nbsp;Warriors&amp;nbsp;in the NBA Finals four games to two, are listed as a 9-4 favorite.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Warriors are right behind Cleveland as 5-1 favorites along with Oklahoma City&amp;nbsp;Thunder, who missed the playoffs this season after five straight postseason appearances.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sportsbook.ag&amp;nbsp;also has the Cavaliers, Warriors and Thunder as the three teams most likely to hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy next season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Los Angeles&amp;nbsp;Clippers&amp;nbsp;blew a 3-1 series lead to the Houston&amp;nbsp;Rockets&amp;nbsp;in the Western Conference semifinals and are next on Westgate's list at 10-1 odds. The San Antonio&amp;nbsp;Spurs&amp;nbsp;and Chicago&amp;nbsp;Bulls&amp;nbsp;are 12-1 favorites.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;MORE NBA:&amp;nbsp;Warriors' title package: Commemorative book, framed cover&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These initial odds are expected to change significantly depending on what happens in free agency.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Among those who could be unrestricted free agents on July 1 are Cavaliers forwards&amp;nbsp;LeBron&amp;nbsp;James&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Kevin Love, who both have player options in their contracts, Clippers center&amp;nbsp;DeAndre&amp;nbsp;Jordan, Memphis&amp;nbsp;Grizzlies&amp;nbsp;center&amp;nbsp;Marc&amp;nbsp;Gasol, Portland&amp;nbsp;Trail Blazers&amp;nbsp;forward&amp;nbsp;LaMarcus&amp;nbsp;Aldridge, and Miami&amp;nbsp;Heat&amp;nbsp;guard&amp;nbsp;Dwyane&amp;nbsp;Wade, who also has an player option in his deal.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Minnesota&amp;nbsp;Timberwolves, Charlotte&amp;nbsp;Hornets, Philadelphia&amp;nbsp;76ers&amp;nbsp;and Orlando&amp;nbsp;Magic&amp;nbsp;are all listed at 200-1.&amp;nbsp;Sportsbook also has the same four teams listed to finish at the bottom of the league.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Scooby Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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