Golden State Warriors

Are you ready for a change in conference leadership in the NBA? Because it's coming. Last year, the Houston Rockets finished with the West's top record while the Toronto Raptors towered over the East. As you gear up to place your futures bets for the 2018-19 season, please know that, in at least one instance, we're due for a change.

With the 2018-19 National Basketball Association season quickly approaching, it's time to get a headstart on some futures betting. The Golden State Warriors are odds-on to capture their third straight championship title and fourth in five years, but every team has a chance to win their division title — as long as they're not in the Pacific, which is the same division as the Splash Brothers and the champs.

Complacency is the enemy of success. It's also the product of it. The Golden State Warriors are facing complacent times. They've won back-to-back NBA titles, and three of the past four champions. Though they're heavy favorites to repeat yet again in 2019, should they be?

The reigning champion Golden State Warriors have run away with the Pacific Division title in each of the last three seasons. Spoiler alert: That probably won't change in 2017-18. Still, the territory below them, with the Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Clippers, has undergone a change. Let's explore what it all means.

The 2017-18 NBA season is almost here. Can you feel it? Of course you can. Because it’s that freaking close. And with opening night coming at us posthaste, we’re here to rap about the most important dates and games between now and this year’s All-Star weekend.

Though the Golden State Warriors are still primed to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, sportsbooks aren't giving as strong of a benefit of the doubt. They're 8.5 points over the Cavaliers in Game 5. Will they cover?

This may be the end of the road for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Not only are they facing an insurmountable 3-0 NBA Finals deficit entering Game 4, but they're also 0-3 against the spread. Looking at TopBet's lines, we decide if they'll fall to 0-4.

Trailing 2-0 in the NBA Finals' best of seven series, the Cleveland Cavaliers have to win Game 3. And yet, they enter as underdogs. Do they have what it takes to pull off the upset? TopBet's lines will help us decide.

How will the Cleveland Cavaliers respond to the 22-point drubbing they suffered at the hands of the Golden State Warriors in Game 1? Will they cover as underdogs, or is Golden State ready for forge a 2-0 lead? TopBet's lines will tell us.