The West finals will begin on Friday with the Lakers vs. the Nuggets. Los Angeles is a 7-point favorite, with an over\/under of 212 points for Game 1 at DraftKings. For the series, the Lakers are a commanding -625 and the Nuggets are +450.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re not in particularly good shape in this series, because whoever wins the West is a loser for us,\u201d <\/strong>said Johnny Avello, the director of race and sportsbook operations for DraftKings, to Casino.org<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to pay out on both sides,” <\/strong>Avello continued. “You could have got Denver at some pretty good odds at one time to win the West and win it all, and the Lakers have been hit all year. It\u2019s a team that has been played in the future book both to win the West and to win it all.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nOf the eight potential series outcomes, the four with Los Angeles winning have the shortest odds: +200 to win 4-1, +350 to sweep or win 4-2, and +550 to win 4-3. For Denver, the odds are +1,000 for a 4-3 series win, +1,200 for 4-2, +2,500 for 4-1, and +10,000 for a sweep.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d guess the Lakers are happy to have the Nuggets as the finalist. But they\u2019re probably not happy with the way the Nuggets are coming into this series,\u201d Avello said. \u201cThey\u2019ve got a lot of confidence after coming back from two 3-1 (series deficits), which has never been done. There\u2019s some parts to the Nuggets that are scary for the Lakers. This ought to be an entertaining series.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Lakers arrived in the bubble at +250 to win the championship. The Nuggets were a remote +2,500. However, the Nuggets have momentum on their side after rallying from a 3-1 series deficit to shock the Clippers.<\/strong><\/p>\nFor Game 1, the over\/unders are 27.5 points for Lakers star LeBron James and 26.5 for sidekick Anthony Davis. For Denver, the over\/unders are 24.5 points for Jamal Murray and 22.5 points for Nikola Jokic.<\/p>\n
Game 2 of Eastern Conference<\/h2>\n
Boston entered the East finals as the series favorite, but the Heat stole Game 1 by a score of 117-114 in overtime. That made the Heat (-160) the favorite over the Celtics (+132).<\/p>\n
Boston, however, is a 2.5-point favorite, with an over\/under of 209 for Thursday\u2019s Game 2 at DraftKings. Boston\u2019s Jayson Tatum\u2019s over\/under is 26.5 points, with Kemba Walker and Jaylen Brown each at 19.5. Miami\u2019s Jimmy Butler\u2019s over\/under is 19.5 points.<\/p>\n
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The Celtics arrived in the bubble at +2,000 to win the championship. The Heat was even more of a long shot at +3,000. Miami, however, dominated the heavily favored Bucks 4-1 in the Eastern semifinals and is 9-1 in this year\u2019s playoffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThis Miami team is similar to the Nuggets in that they have a lot of confidence,\u201d <\/strong>Avello told Casino.org<\/em>. \u201cDuring the regular season, they were super at home. Now, everybody\u2019s playing on a neutral site. But they just seem to think that that\u2019s their home court.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the other heavyweights knocked out of the postseason, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are overwhelming favorites to win the NBA championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":149190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[81737,81733,81254,81779,81735,81034],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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