It’s playoff time in the NBA, starting on Saturday, and if the NBA championship betting odds are to be believed, only five of the 16 teams have a serious chance to win the championship and three of those five stand above the class.
The NBA regular season is in the books, and it’s time to review how the NBA win futures turned out—how each team performed against its Over/Under win expectation in Las Vegas at the start of the season.
The smart money has narrowed the championship race to three teams, and not surprisingly those are the Miami Heat, the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder. The value of experience is seen in the NBA championship betting odds.
The NBA season opens up on Tuesday night. TheSportsNotebook’s preseason NBA commentary has previewed all six divisions and measured each team against their Over/Under win totals. In this post, we’ll focus on the betting odds to win the championship and see what numbers might make sense.