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The Celtics are being offered at +110 by BetMGM
to win the title and are -550 favorites to beat the Miami Heat
in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Heat are the +1200
longshots to win it all.
Boston opened at +650 to win the NBA title this season, and the
Celtics have been backed by the most money at 17.2 percent.
However, they are not BetMGM's biggest liability.
That would be the Denver Nuggets, who opened at +1400. The
Nuggets open their Western Conference Finals series against the
Los Angeles Lakers at +240 to win the title, having been backed
by the most total bets at 14.8 percent and the second most money
at 15.1 percent.
Denver is -165 to win the series vs. Los Angeles at +140, which
would be a bad outcome for the sportsbook. The Nuggets are the
biggest Western Conference liability as they've been supported
by 24.3 percent of the money.
The Lakers are +300 to win the title. They are BetMGM's second
biggest liability after opening at +2200.
DraftKings has the same order but slightly different odds.
Boston is the +100 title favorite, followed by Denver (+240),
Los Angeles (+320) and Miami (+1600).
Jayson Tatum, who scored a record-setting 51 points for Boston
in Game 7, is understandably the +160 favorite at BetMGM to take
home NBA Finals MVP honors. He is followed by Denver's Nikola
Jokic (+275) and the Lakers' LeBron James (+375).
Jokic has drawn the most total bets at 21.3 percent, while James
leads the way with 22.8 percent of the money backing him
compared to 21.5 percent for Jokic.
Tatum is also the +160 favorite at DraftKings, where Jokic is
being offered at +250.
--Field Level Media
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