2024 NBA Championship odds: Celtics become bigger favorites with Haliburton injury
The NBA playoffs have reached the conference finals and Boston remains the favorite to win the title.
And now that the Indiana Pacers have potentially suffered a major blow in their loss Thursday night, the Celtics’ odds have moved even more.
Let’s jump into the action, with odds from DraftKings Sportsbook*:
NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE WINNER:
Boston Celtics: -10000 (bet $10 to win $10.10 total)
Indiana Pacers: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)
NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE WINNER:
Dallas Mavericks: -550 (bet $10 to win $11.82 total)
Minnesota Timberwolves: +400 (bet $10 to win $50 total)
Now, let’s check out the updated title odds at DraftKings.
CHAMPIONSHIP ODDS FOR 2023-24 NBA SEASON:
Boston Celtics: -200 (bet $10 to win $15 total)
Dallas Mavericks: +250 (bet $10 to win $35 total)
Minnesota Timberwolves: +1300 (bet $10 to win $140 total)
Indiana Pacers: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)
*odds as of 5/25/2024
The Mavericks are now the second betting favorites to win it all, after Luka Doncic hit a game winner to put them up 2-0 in the series.
In the Eastern Conference Finals, Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton left in the third quarter of Game 2 with a left hamstring injury.
A previous left hamstring strain sidelined him for 10 games in January.
Currently, his health for the rest of the series is questionable, although Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle reportedly said that he hopes Haliburton’s injury is a “very short-term aggravation.”
The injury news moved Boston’s odds to win the conference to -10000 from -1200 and its odds to win the championship to -200 from -165.
Just as the injury news shortened Boston’s ECF and NBA title odds, it lengthened Indiana’s.
The Pacers’ odds to win the conference moved to +3000 from +750 overnight, and their odds to win it all shifted to +8000 from +3500.
The Celtics’ Game 2, 126-110 win over Indiana puts them up 2-0 in the series.
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