NBA Championship Odds & Betting: Los Angeles Lakers vs Miami Heat
NBA Championship Odds: Los Angeles Lakers Will Play Miami Heat In The NBA Finals
Miami Heat staged a fourth-quarter comeback to defeat the Boston Celtics and secure a place in the NBA Finals, where they'll meet their former team member LeBron James.
Bam Adebayo was the star of the show in their 125-113 win over the Boston Celtics on Sunday night Adebayo scored a season-high 32 points and grabbed 14 rebounds.
Miami Heat's finals challenge has come at somewhat of a surprise to most online bookmakers. The Heat were a massive +2500 to win the NBA Championship around the middle of August and even bigger pre-season when their odds ranged between +6000 and +11000. However, they've proved the oddsmakers wrong, and they'll need to do so again against the Los Angeles Lakers.
NBA Finals Odds: Los Angeles Lakers v Miami Heat
Even though Heat have proved the majority of doubters wrong, online sportsbooks are still giving Miami very little chance of winning the NBA Championship.
Miami Heat's NBA Championship odds are +300 with the majority of bookmakers, which implies they only have a 25% chance of defeating the Los Angeles Lakers.
Los Angeles Lakers NBA Championship odds have been set at -358 by online bookmakers, which implies they have a 78.2% chance of beating Miami Heat.
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NBA Finals Champions Odds
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BetMGM are offering odds on exactly how many games will be played in the NBA Finals, they currently have six games as the betting favorite.
| Games | Odds (Click to bet) | % Chance |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | +400 | 20% |
| 5 | +230 | 30.3% |
| 6 | +220 | 31.3% |
| 7 | +275 | 26.7% |
NBA Finals Betting: Los Angeles Lakers v Miami Heat
Unfortunately for Miami Heat fans, it's not just the online bookmakers who are giving their team very little chance of beating the Lakers. Since they defeated the Celtics on Sunday night, a massive 77% of bets have been placed on the Lakers winning the NBA Championship, with just 23% going on Miami Heat.
NBA Finals Odds: Finals MVP
| L. James | -125 | T. Herro | +3000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Davis | +260 | D. Green | +12500 |
| J. Butler | +550 | K. Kuzma | +25000 |
| B. Adebayo | +1800 | K. Caldwell-Pope | +40000 |
| G. Dragic | +2500 | A. Caruso | +40000 |
Los Angeles Lakers v Miami Heat Game One Odds (Moneyline)
Los Angeles Lakers -200
Miami Heat +190
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