-135: 2012 Kevin Durant, Thunder (Lost).-135: 2018 Kevin Durant, Warriors (Won).-160: 2015 Stephen Curry, Warriors (Lost).Largest Favorite to win NBA Finals MVP Last 20 Years
Warriors: 33.6 PPG | 12 RPG | 10 APGīecause of those absurd triple-double expectations, Jokic is listed as a -333 favorite to win NBA Finals MVP - the highest price for an NBA Finals MVP over the past 20 years. Nikola Jokic has -125 odds to average a triple-double in the NBA Finals against the Heat - a feat only accomplished once in Finals history, by LeBron James in 2017 against the Golden State Warriors. 1978 Sonics -140 over Bullets (lost in 7 games).1991 Bulls -200 over Lakers (won in 5 games).1995 Magic -150 over Rockets (lost in 4 games).The other franchises since 1970 to make their first Finals appearance and be listed as the favorite: The answer is the 1999 Spurs, who were -900 against the Knicks and won in five games. As a side note, with the Nuggets making their first NBA Finals appearance, when was the last time a franchise making its debut has been favored to win it all? And by this much?.In those 12 NBA Finals, those teams went 4-8, with the franchise making its debut winning 27 games and losing 38. Twelve of those franchises didn’t face a team in the same situation. Looking even deeper, the Nuggets will be the 17th franchise to make their first finals appearance since 1970. In those 10 NBA Finals, the franchise with less experience won 23 games and lost 30 total Finals games.
Those 10 teams went 4-6 in the NBA Finals, winning the past two with the 2019 Raptors and 2015 Warriors. Since 1990, 14 teams have entered an NBA Finals off 20 or more years since their last appearance and 10 faced a team that was not in the same situation (Bucks vs. The Nuggets are making their NBA Finals debut as a franchise.
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