Nba Finals Series Betting Line

Don’t forget Durant also snared three-time NBA scoring champion James Harden, who currently leads the league in assists. Harden is a former MVP, while Leonard is a two-time NBA Finals MVP. Harden, however, is the only member of Team Durant among the top 10 in assists. Durant’s squad could also struggle on the boards. NBA Championship Odds: Lakers Still Favored To Repeat With Slight Edge Over Nets. The Los Angeles Lakers are the favorites in 2021 NBA championship odds but teams like the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Clippers may have something to say about the Lakers going back to back. NBA betting terms explained. Money Line – This is an American sports term simply meaning ‘to win’. If you are backing a team on the money line then they must win for your bet to come in. Point Spread – This is a handicap system based on points, and works the same as handicaps in football betting. For example, a Miami Heat -2.5 point. Betting on the individual games of the NBA Finals is identical to betting on any other professional basketball game. The NBA playoffs offer fans a couple of other bet types including series bets (picking the team that will win each series) as well as futures betting where bettors can wager on which team will ultimately claim the title. Current 2019 NBA Finals Odds: Warriors vs. Golden State Warriors: +100. Toronto Raptors: -120. With their second win in the 2019 NBA Finals, the Raptors have already done the improbable: made the Warriors an underdog to win it all.

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How to read NBA Las Vegas Money Line Odds

All you need to do is pick is the winner!

If youre placing NBA money line wagers then youre rooting for one team to grab a straight-up win. The betting term Against the Spread (ATS) doesn't matter for these types of bets since the point-spread doesnt come into play.

Similar to our Spread and 1st Half Odds, every matchup is listed in order of Rotation and those numbers are preceded by the Date and Time of the NBA game.

Every game has a Favorite and Underdog associated with the Money Line Odds and the plus (+) and minus (-) symbols are used to differentiate the teams. For NBA money line odds, its a simple math formula thats based on $100 wagers.

Toronto -400 (Bet $100 to win $25)
San Antonio +300 (Bet $100 to win $300)

In the above example, Toronto is the favorite (-) while San Antonio is the underdog. If a bettor wanted to back Toronto, who is expected to win, they would only win $25 on a $100 wager since they are minus -400. Some books will provide an extra option to view their betting odds in Fraction format and Toronto would be a 1/4 favorite in this matchup. If you prefer Decimal format, which is very common overseas, Toronto would be 1.25 on the betting board.

Since Toronto is the favorite, San Antonio is the underdog and bettors would receive a positive return greater than their initial stake. In this example, a $100 winning wager on San Antonio would net $400 and that includes your $300 win and $100 stake. The fractional odds for this example would be San Antonio at 3/1 and the Decimal conversion would read 4.0.

How to Bet NBA Money Line Odds

A majority of NBA games involve point-spreads of single-digits, while games that see a favorite of 10 points or more is not usually the norm, although it happens.

The VegasInsider.com Parlay Calculator is a great tool to see what kind of return you can create while avoiding the pitfalls of risk.

Nba Finals Betting Lines History

In the NBA playoffs, there is no single-elimination rounds. Each round is a best-of-seven series with the first team to four wins advancing to the next round.

Nba Finals Betting Lines