Of course, if it were rigged, it would be a disadvantage to us bettors. All our attempts of researching would become pointless. But the good news is that it's not rigged. 
And my vote went for NO.
Since the 2007 NBA betting scandal there were no serious accusations against the NBA, and even that case didn't imply the games were rigged.
And my vote went for NO.Since the 2007 NBA betting scandal there were no serious accusations against the NBA, and even that case didn't imply the games were rigged.
it is true that it was totally disadvantage to us who analyzing the game it self, and search for the news who will be the team player , and if it's really rigged then those who already knows what will happen it will be advantage to them to bet big money and earn money from different gambling site or people.
And yet so far there's since i am fan of basketball i didn't hear anything about this kind of issue maybe there is a time that game reach it into game 5 ang some of score is 3-1 and sometimes it will become tie to 3-3 but this kinda of exciting for us bettors to choose the real team who will win.