After entering the conference finals as the second choice to win it all, the Denver Nuggets are the overwhelming favorites to win their first ever NBA title.
Across the board, oddsmakers have the Nuggets similarly, with Denver priced as a high as -280 at Caesars to win it all.Entering the season, the Nuggets entered at 14/1 odds to win the championship, in a five-way tie with the Philadelphia 76ers, Heat, Memphis Grizzlies and Dallas Mavericks at BetMGM. When the playoffs started, it lowered to 10/1, then +700 after knocking the Minnesota Timberwolves out in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
The Heat, now on the verge of sweeping the Celtics, sit at just under 3/1 odds to take home their fourth NBA title. Before the series began, oddsmakers set the price for the Heat to sweep the Celtics at +4000, and +400 toIt’s been quite the fall for Boston, who was the second pre-season option to win the NBA championship and big favorite to win it all ahead of the conference finals .
On Sunday night, the second of a two-leg parlay was cashed in when Heat forward Kevin Love scored the first basket of the game in Miami’s blowout Game 3 win over the Celtics. In the Lakers-Nuggets matchup on Saturday night for Game 3, Denver guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was the other leg of the parlay to score the game’s first basket , which also cashed.
The bettor put down $50, with total odds of +387500, earning them an over $193,000 payout. It was one of the biggest bets cashed in from the NBA conference finals among the big three sportsbooks.
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