The +400 Division Winner Bet You Should Make ASAP
This is the longest this team's odds will be
By Kate Constable – Dec 15, 2022, 12:29am
The Los Angeles Clippers opened the season as the odds-on favorite to win the Pacific Division at +180. That put them ahead of the Warriors at +205, the Suns at +225, and at +800, well ahead of the Lakers.
However, with a 2-4 start to the season, their place atop the division odds didn't last long.
Part of that shift was because the Suns cruised to a 6-1 start and looked like a similar team that went 64-18 a season ago. Another aspect came as a result of Kawhi Leonard not being as ready to play as the oddsmakers might have thought he would be coming into the year. After sitting out for all of last season with a knee injury, Leonard was expected to be back in the starting lineup and to hit the ground running immediately. Instead, it's taken nearly 25 games of easing back into play for him to start to see anything even remotely close to his normal minutes and role.
The good news out of all of this is that the Clippers are now +400 to win the Pacific, which means you're getting a better number with much more value on a team that I still think is capable of winning the division.
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