Oklahoma City is the clear favorite to repeat as NBA champions: They have the reigning MVP in Shai Gilgous-Alexander, bring back 14 players from the roster that just lifted the Larry O’Brien Trophy, and this roster is still young and improving.

However, repeating is hard. It takes not only talent but luck. It’s not an accident that the NBA has had seven different champions in each of the past seven seasons (nobody has repeated since the Durant/Curry Warriors), it’s incredibly difficult to do. What teams have a chance to knock the Thunder off the top of the mountain? Here are our five, complete with best bets from some of our experts.

Denver Nuggets

The case here is simple: Denver took OKC to seven games in last year’s playoffs, then got a lot better this summer.

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