NBA Championship
Finals: Odds favor Lakers over Celtics
Now
that we know the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics are
the two teams going to the 2008 NBA Finals, it's time to look at
the odds to win the Championship. And at the online sportsbook
Bookmaker, the odds are
favoring the Los Angeles Lakers to win the final series and the
NBA Championship. The Lakers are listed with odds -161 at the
bookie, while the Boston Celtics have long lost their playoff
favorite status and are with underdog odds +141 to win the 2008
NBA Finals. Despite the long odds on the Celtics, Boston is
favorite to win Game 1 of the NBA Championship, which will take
place on June 5th. Overall, the Boston Celtics are favorite with
odds -150 to beat the Lakers in Game 1, while Los Angeles are
+130 underdog to start the series with a victory. The Celtics
are -3 points against the spread and the total betting is
sitting at 193.5 points. It's probably worth noting as well that
the odds makers at
Bookmaker have already made
Kobe Bryant the favorite to win the MVP in the NBA finals with
odds -175.
For the L.A. Lakers Andrew Bynum is out
for the season with knee injury, while in Boston Scot Pollard is
also out with ankle injury and guard Tony Allen is day-to-day
after an achilles injury. A few stats to take in consideration
if betting the odds on the NBA Championship finals - Los Angeles
is third in the league in field goal percentage at 47.7.
Meanwhile Boston has the second stingiest defence in the league
at 90.3 points per game and has the best field goal percentage
against in the league allowing 41.9. The Celtics are second in
rebounds allowed in the league at 39.1.
Published on
05/31/2008
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