Golden State has ‘no chance’ to reach 73 wins; prop bet taken off the board at SuperBook

Jeff Sherman is feeling pretty good about his short position on the odds of a record-breaking season for the Golden State Warriors.

The assistant manager of the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook told the Las Vegas Review-Journal this weekend that the Warriors, now 38-4 after demolishing Cleveland on Monday, had “no chance” to reach 73 wins and break the single-season record held by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.

That came before Golden State dropped the Cavs, 132-98, but it’s unlikely Monday’s result swayed his opinion much.

“They have got no chance to get there,” Sherman said. “There’s no way the Warriors are going 36-5 with that schedule. We’re in real good position on the prop.”

The odds for a 73-win season opened at 5-to-1 shortly after regular season began, but crept down to +130 in December, when Golden State was sitting at 23-0. Sherman said at the time 90 percent of the action had been on the Warriors surpassing 72 wins.

The prop was taken off the board Sunday, according to the Review-Journal. Sherman said in December the “no” side was starting to see more support, and that was likely accelerated when Golden State lost back-to-back road games last week.

“You see injuries taking a toll on the Warriors,” Sherman told the Review-Journal. “It’s going to be a tired team at some point. I like San Antonio more than I do Golden State.”

Westgate still has the Warriors as the 3-2 favorite to repeat as champs, but the Spurs aren’t far behind, currently getting 7-4 odds.

Winners of 11 straight, San Antonio has the NBA’s second-best record at 38-6 and leads the league in point differential, +14.3 compared to Golden State’s +11.7.

The Warriors have four straight games against probable playoff teams on deck, including a meeting with San Antonio on Monday. It will be the first meeting of the season between the Western Conference frontrunners, and the first of four scheduled clashes over the second half of the season.