A rematch of last year's Western Conference finals will occur in this year's opening round.
The Denver Nuggets swept the Los Angeles Lakers en route to win their first NBA championship in franchise history. A combined 24 points decided the four wins and every game came down to the wire.
Denver was a -170 favorite to win that series, but is now -350 to win this year's rematch as the No. 2 seed.'
The Lakers, the No. 7 seed and coming off a play-in tournament victory, are 6.5-point underdogs in Saturday's Game 1.