the Cavaliers remain the clear second choice, Boston had slotted themselves ahead of other fringe contenders<\/a>.<\/p>\nMany bookmakers offered bets on the Celtics to win the NBA championship at 10-1 odds, with several Las Vegas sportsbooks reporting that more bets had been placed on Boston than any other team in the league.<\/p>\n
That vote of confidence appears to have disappeared overnight. At Betfair, gamblers were now taking futures bets on the Celtics winning this year\u2019s title at 28-1. While that still makes them second choice in the Eastern Conference, it puts them far behind strong Western Conference squads like the Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs in the title race.<\/p>\n
The Celtics signed Hayward to a four-year, $128 million contract in July, a move designed to help them compete with the Cleveland and Golden State \u201csuper teams\u201d who have dominated basketball in recent years. Last season, Hayward averaged 21.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game with the Utah Jazz, leading them to the second round of the playoffs and earning his first All-Star Game appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward suffered a gruesome injury less than six minutes into his first game of the season, likely ending his first campaign with the team before it even started. The injury happened with 6:45 remaining in the first quarter of the game, with the Celtics visiting the Cleveland Cavaliers. Hayward attempted to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":61092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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