Odds to win 2009 NBA Finals

With the start of the 2008-2009 basketball season, it's time to look at the future betting odds offered on the 2009 NBA Finals, i.e. which NBA teams are the favorite to win the Finals, according to the odds. For the purpose of finding out the top basketball teams this season, we will look at the odds offered by the popular online sportsbook BodogLife, which also offers a 10% bonus on your sports betting deposits.

And looking at the 2009 NBA Finals odds, not surprisingly the current NBA Championship winner, the Boston Celtics, along with the other NBA Championship finalist, the Los Angeles Lakers, are the two top NBA teams to win the next year's Finals, as well. Both the Celtics and the Lakers are listed with 3/1 odds on winning the 2009 NBA Finals with the online bookmaker, while their closest competition comes from the Houston Rockets, who are sitting on odds 9/1 to win the Finals in 2009. Following these three teams come the Detroit Pistons, who are listed with odds 10/1, same as the New Orleans Hornets. Also worth mentioning are the San Antonio Spurs
with odds 12/1 to win the NBA Finals, followed by Utah Jazz and Cleveland Cavaliers, both sharing betting odds 14/1 on Championship victory in 2009.

On the opposite side of the spectrum we find plenty of underdogs to win the Finals next year. With odds 200/1 are the Memphis Grizzlies, Milwaukee Bucks, as well as the former SuperSonics, now known as the Oklahoma City Thunder. Meanwhile the Sacramento Kings and Minnesota Timberwolves are with odds 150/1 on winning the NBA title. See links below to get live odds on the NBA games.

Published on 10/23/2008