Playoffs NBA 2024-25 start Tuesday with playing tournament and the first round starts on Saturday, while the winners of each series Best-for Seven are advanceing to the conference semifinals.
What are the bets before the play -off starts? And what teams excel in potentially undervalued and overlooked?
Here are NBA betting experts Andre Snellings, Eric Moody, Eric Karabell, Jim McCormick and Steve Alexander with betting and teams for which they have their eyes.
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If you would only make one bet before play -off start, what would it be?
Oklahoma City Thunder You want to win the NBA championship (+170): I predicted that Thunder would win it all before the start of the season and nothing I’ve seen in the last five months has not changed his mind. They are young. They are talented. Are healthy. And they are as deep as any team playing in Postseason. The last five years have worked on this challenge and the future is now. The second OKC unit is as good as half of the league appetizers. – Alexander
Los Angeles Lakers You want to win the NBA championship (+1400): When everyone is locked, especially LeBron James and DoncicLakers is a tough team to beat. Los Angeles has the fourth best chance of winning the championship and I support them due to the playoffs of both stars. – Moody
Donovan Mitchell Want to win the final of the Eastern Conference MVP (+275): In my opinion, Cavaliers are at least co -owned with Celtics to win the conference. And can be argued that they should be popular with the messages that Jaylena Brown deals with knee injury and KRISTAPS PORZINGIS Since the beginning of February, more than four consecutive games have not played. If Cavs wins the final of the Eastern Conference, it would be because Mitchell led the way … especially against Celtics. In its last 10 games against Celtics, Mitchell, 33.7 ppg on 49.0 fg% and 40.9 3p%. – Snellings
California is the winning state of the NBA Championship (+1000): It is a unique angle and a fun game assembled by Oddsmakers. The assumption is that I was completely amazed by all three of these candidates about California. Clippers’ goal to the season revealed Kawhi LeonardThe patience with his body seems to have paid off while James Harden It is legitimately involved in the discussions of the third team All-NBA. The warriors somehow look completely dangerous, even though they face the scenario of the game. Meanwhile, the Lakers suddenly have drops of creation in the transition even in the middle of the judgment. The Lakers themselves have the title Chances of +1400 and Warriors have third conference title courses, so this fun bet creates more ways to pay. – McCormick
Boston Celtics You want to win the NBA championship (+180): Certainly, Cavaliers had a better regular season, but there is a good reason why Celtics has constantly boast of better play -off chances. They did it sooner, and as long as Celtics rolled, even in low chances, the Celtics insert seems wise. – Karabell
What is your favorite long missile bet?
Los Angeles Lakers to win the NBA Championship (+1400): This one attracts for me. No team representing LeBron and Luka can not take easily and while lost defense Anthony DavisThey have two of the best “quarterbacks” in the league. Austin Reaves took his game to another level and Jaxson Hayes, Rui Hachimura and Dorian Finney-Smith can help keep things in fact inside. Lakers are not deep enough to win all this on paper, but Doncic and LeBron have karma on their side. – Alexander
Cleveland Cavaliers Want to win the NBA Championship (+600): All my favorite Darkhorse championships are in the West, but there are too many of them to bet on someone. Meanwhile, Cavaliers are one of only two teams in the east with a legitimate chance of winning and the only one of the two to qualify as a long shot bet. Cavaliers are a 64-winning team with an average scoring margin of +9.5 ppg, which means it correlates with teams capable of winning the championship. And other power in the east, Celtics, have problems with injury to some of their best players. In the 6-1 chances, Cavs is a long shot capable of winning the championship. – Snellings
Lakers for the production of NBA finals (+600): I would like to say that I am not partial for the Lakers. This means that I honestly see the rival potential in the team that has this level of play. Defense will have to match ways that only Voltron could hope, but a recipe for finding buckets in tight games is absolutely present in the middle of what is difficult to read around the young thunder. – McCormick
Denver Nuggets You want to win the NBA championship (+3000): Bottom line, nuggets have Nikola Jokic Burning the night triple doubles, so he is not sure that it depends on who calls time limits and incoming games. It is an experienced list and strange, late launch of the head coach is only for the motivation of players. Don’t be surprised if Jokic carries them all the way. – Karabell
Of the three big favorites who won the championship – OKC, Boston and Cleveland – which is best to bet?
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