NBA Playoffs
Leader sits at 66% across 7 bound outcomes, runner-up at 39%. This is a winner-take-all market — the headline is the leader’s price, not an arithmetic mean.
Leader probability
Western Conference Champion : Oklahoma City Thunder
Outcomes
7
winner-take-all
Runner-up
39¢
Eastern Conference Champion
Spread
27pp
contested
24h volume
$172K
liquid
Closes
Jun 16, 2026
42 days
Venue
Polymarket
7 bound
30-day trend
Bracket family
How the bracket ladder is priced.
Each row is one outcome on the venue. Sorted by 24h volume — the heaviest book is at the top.
Cluster 1
NBA Playoffs
NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Champion : Detroit Pistons
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NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Champion : New York Knicks
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NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Champion : Philadelphia 76ers
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NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Champion : Cleveland Cavaliers
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NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Champion : Los Angeles Lakers
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NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Champion : San Antonio Spurs
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NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Champion : Oklahoma City Thunder
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Analysis
The Oklahoma City Thunder are priced at 68% to win the Western Conference, reflecting strong regular-season performance and roster composition. This represents a decisive edge over other Western contenders. The price is driven by OKC's standing as a top seed and their depth, while the 32% gap to second place suggests the market views alternatives as substantially weaker. The Eastern Conference shows more fragmentation, with the Knicks at 38% but no Eastern team approaching OKC's dominance. NBA playoff outcomes depend heavily on injury status entering May, trade deadline effects, and how seeding shapes matchups. The remaining playoff series will determine whether OKC's regular-season strength translates to postseason success, with each round outcome either confirming or challenging current valuations. Key variables include roster availability at series time, performance variance in elimination games, and whether perceived Western weakness holds or teams like the Spurs execute better than priced.
- ›OKC's regular-season metrics (win rate, net rating, seed position) compared to contemporaneous Western Conference standings and playoff seed assignments
- ›Injury and roster availability status for OKC and top Eastern alternatives in the week leading into playoff tip-off
- ›Historical variance between regular-season dominance and playoff advancement rates for similar-seeded teams over the last five years
- ›Market pricing fragmentation: Eastern Conference leader (Knicks 38%) versus Western leader (Thunder 68%) indicates belief in conference-level difficulty differences
- ›Daily trading volume and directional price movement across the 10 contracts as new information (game results, injury reports, playoff bracket confirmation) becomes available
What moved the line
- May 3Eastern Conference Champion : New York Knicks↑8pp28→36¢ · Polymarket
- May 2Eastern Conference Champion : Cleveland Cavaliers↓8pp25→17¢ · Polymarket
- May 1Eastern Conference Champion : New York Knicks↑7pp18→25¢ · Polymarket
- Apr 29Eastern Conference Champion : Cleveland Cavaliers↓7pp29→22¢ · Polymarket
- Apr 29Western Conference Champion : Oklahoma City Thunder↑7pp60→67¢ · Polymarket
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How we compute these odds
SimpleFunctions aggregates live prediction-market contracts from Kalshi and Polymarket. Each slug groups contracts that resolve on the same underlying event, identified by venue event_id.
For binary slugs, the headline probability is the liquidity-weighted mid-price across all bound contracts. For multi-outcome slugs (e.g. elections with 3+ candidates), the headline is the leader’s price; we never arithmetically average disjoint outcomes — that would produce a number with no real-world meaning.
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