It's conceivable the Los Angeles Lakers' season will end Friday night, without one game in the actual playoffs. And yet, they're still favored to win the West.
As we head into the play-in game between the Lakers and Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night — it's possible this will be the most interesting matchup in the play-in format for many, many years — most of the early betting action was on the Warriors. The Lakers opened as 6.5-point favorites and dropped to 4.5 at BetMGM before a rebound to 5.5 on Tuesday night.