The NBA may be on hiatus until Thursday night but NBA Futures markets are still open. Team’s are preparing for the final stretch before the playoffs and several contenders have emerged on the NBA Championship odds board. The Boston Celtics are the favorite with several teams pushing toward the top. Bettors should head to OddsShopper as the second half approaches to get updates on the sharpest NBA lines and tools to find the best spread, total and prop bets.
NBA Odds: NBA Championship Odds, Per DraftKings
Boston Celtics +275
Phoenix Suns +425
Milwaukee Bucks +550
Denver Nuggets +750
Los Angeles Clippers +1000
Philadelphia 76ers +1200
Dallas Mavericks +1600
Memphis Grizzlies +1700
Golden State Warriors +1700
Cleveland Cavaliers +3000
The NBA Championship odds board is led by the Boston Celtics (+275) and includes several familiar teams from last year’s NBA Playoffs. The Celtics are trailed by the Phoenix Suns (+425), who made it to last year’s Western Conference semifinals. Third on the odds board are the Milwaukee Bucks. Milwaukee took on the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals a season ago, losing in a thrilling 7-game series.
Phoenix is the favorite to come out of the Western Conference on the backs of their acquisition of Kevin Durant at the trade deadline. The west has several other contenders on Phoenix’s heels. The Denver Nuggets come in at +750, trailed by the Los Angeles Clippers (+1000), Dallas Mavericks (+1600), Memphis Grizzlies (+1700) and Golden State Warriors (+1700). The Clippers are the only team on that list to have missed the playoffs in 2022.
The Nuggets are looking to improve behind leading MVP candidate Nikola Jokic who continues to improve despite already reaching superstardom. They were relatively quiet at the trade deadline, boosting their depth with the addition of Thomas Bryant who previously played for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Denver also moved backup guard Bones Hyland, who landed with the Clippers. He and his new teammates could face Denver in the playoffs. The Clippers also added veterans Mason Plumlee and Eric Gordon to their already experienced rotation. They’ll join the supporting crew for stars Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, in addition to the newly acquired Russell Westbrook who was traded to the Utah Jazz before being bought out of his contract.
The Dallas Mavericks hope to take down the hardware after adding Kyrie Irving to go along with Luka Doncic.
The Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies round out the Western Conference’s top teams at identical +1700 odds. The Warriors status dropped since Stephen Curry was sidelined with a knee injury.
Memphis, who lost to the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals in 2022 will look to catapult them. Ja Morant injured his knee in that series and missed the final two games.
The Eastern Conference has fewer teams on the top of the NBA Championship odds board. The Milwaukee Bucks come in at +550 followed by the Philadelphia 76ers at +1200. The upstart Cleveland Cavaliers round out the top ten at +3000.
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