Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors are favorited over the higher-seeded Houston Rockets in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. Here's a look at the betting odds ahead of the upcoming playoff series, courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook.

It's Rockets-Warriors for the fifth time in the playoffs, starting on Sunday at Toyota Center at 8:30 p.m. on TNT. The Inside the NBA on TNT crew of Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Shaquille O'Neal and host Ernie Johnson picked the Rockets.

The Rockets ranked last in ball movement, averaging just 294 passes per 24 minutes of possession, and they were 25th in player movement (10.7 miles per 24). While Golden State led the league by a wide margin in assist rate (recording assists on 71.4% of their field goals), Houston ranked last (54.9%) by an even wider margin.