Derrick Rose was lost for the season this past weekend for the Chicago Bulls, and odds makers immediately adjusted the betting odds, dropping the Bulls from favorites to a middle of the pack choice.
The race for the Triple Crown begins today in horse racing at the Kentucky Derby, and it is Bodemeister that is the betting favorite to win the first leg at Churchill Downs.
The second round of the NBA playoffs began on Sunday, and while there were no major upsets in round one, the Heat and Thunder remain the betting favorites to advance to the NBA Finals.
The odds of Baltimore, Cleveland, or Washington winning the World Series this year were in triple digits, but that has not stopped all three teams from having strong Aprils and flipping the script on the odds.
The NHL playoffs are always unpredictable, but rarely are the odds makers as wrong as they have been in the first round of this year’s playoffs, with several top seeds already falling.