NBA Series Favorites Post Game 1
With Cleveland Cavs vs. the Toronto Raptors closing out their Game 1 tonight, we are in a post game 1 world of round two of the playoffs and the NBA series favorites have been adjusted.
The Cavs took the Game 1 lead against the Raptors tonight in a one-point overtime win. This down-to-the-wire wins are quickly becoming the norm for Cleveland in this year’s NBA playoffs and bettors have got to wonder how many more miracle plays do they have left. The books seems to agree with this sentiment as the Raptors are the favorites to win that series.
Golden State convincingly defeated New Orleans in Game 2, just like in Game 1 and are huge favorites in their series. A returning Stephen Curry helped them along the way.
Elsewhere in the West, the Rockets are out to a 1-0 series lead and are also big favorites to take the series from the Jazz.
As for the other Round 2 Eastern Conference series, a Kyrie Irving-less Celtics are surprisingly favorites against the 76ers.
You can see the full NBA Series Favorites breakdown below. Odds pulled from SportsBook.
Western ConferenceÂ
Houston vs. Utah (Rockets lead 1-0)
Rockets (-1200) -5000
Jazz (+750) +1300
Golden State vs. New Orleans (Warriors lead 1-0)
Warriors (-850) -3000
Pelicans (+600) +1100
Eastern Conference
Toronto vs. Cleveland (Cavs lead 1-0)
Raptors (-220)
Cavaliers (+185)
Boston vs. Philadelphia (Celtics lead 1-0)
Celtics (+300) -210
76ers (-400) +180
