The wild landscape of the eliminatory series of the East Conference of the NBA leads to an anomaly of dimensions.
After their second return of 20 points in three daysThe New York Knicks directed the champion in title Boston Celtics 2-0 in their semi-final series East. The Knicks are now going to Madison Square Garden for match 3 Saturday as light favorites to win the series after Their two victories on the road. Knicks are -110 This BETMGM.
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However, the Knicks are not the favorites to win the East. And either the Indiana Pacers. The Celtics always have the lowest chances of all the conference teams to go to the NBA finals at +135, even if they are now officially outsiders to Knicks.
A great reason is the amount of money on the Celtics to win the east. Upon entering the second round, almost 45% of the money bet on the possible conference champion was on the Celtics. Boston opened the series against New York as a favorite -155 to win the conference.
Boston is now +175 to win the East while the Knicks are +275. You can always see a reason for Celtics to return to the final if they can simply return to their seasonal medium -sized lines. Boston was 10 out of 40 of the arc in the Match 2 arc after shooting 15 out of 60 on the merits of match 1. It was 12 points from the Celtics average. Boston pulled 37% of the 3 -point line during the regular season.
The Pacers, who have an advance of 2-0 on the Cleveland riders after their incredible return to match 2, are +325 to win the conference and -190 to eliminate the Cavs in the second round. The CAVS, who easily obtained the seeded n ° 1, are +350 to win the conference because they missed Evan Mobley, Darius Garland and'Andre Hunter due to an injury in match 2. Their dimensions of the series went to +155 because they need to win four games to move forward.
However, even if the Cavs now have the longest chance of anyone in the East to make the final, they always have the second best title rating of all the Eastern teams. Cleveland is +850 to win the final while the Celtics are +375 and the Knicks are +1100. Oklahoma City Thunder is always the favorites at +130 after Their dominant victory for match 2 over Denver's Nuggets. OKC scored a record of 87 points in the first half in the series at 1-1.
