Clippers given 6/1 odds to win Western Conference, according to betting website
Blake Griffin, center, loses the ball to Houston’s Pablo Prigioni, left, as Trevor Ariza helps on defense in May.
The Clippers were given 6/1 odds to win the Western Conference, according to betting website Bovada.
The site gave three teams higher odds than the Clippers to win the West -- the San Antonio Spurs (2/1), the Golden State Warriors (3/1) and the Oklahoma City Thunder (9/2).
The Clippers nearly reached the Western Conference Finals for the first time in their 46-year existence last season, before losing three games in a row to become only the ninth team in NBA history to blow a 3-1 series lead.
The Clippers eliminated the Spurs from the first round of the playoffs last season in a hard fought, intense seven-game series. They then fell to the Houston Rockets in what was considered an epic collapse.
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