2024 NBA Championship odds: Celtics favored; Nuggets tumble

Last updated: 2024/05/07 at 3:13 PM

BigP Published May 7, 2024

The NBA playoffs are in full swing and Boston remains the favorite to win the title.

The Celtics finished the regular season with the best record in the league at 64-18. They are also the -300 favorites to win the Eastern Conference.

While Boston is at the top of the title oddsboard, there is a new franchise sitting in second.

Denver has spent most of the recent weeks slightly behind the Celtics, but after losing Games 1 and 2 of its Western Conference semifinals matchup against Minnesota, the Wolves have now surpassed the Nuggets.

In addition, while Denver was favored to win the West at +120 on Saturday, those odds lengthened to +230 on Monday before Game 2, and now sit at +700 after Monday’s loss, fourth on the oddsboard.

Minnesota was the +210 favorite to come out of the West on Monday, and as of Tuesday morning, the Wolves sit at -115.

Let’s check out the updated title odds for every team at FanDuel Sportsbook.

CHAMPIONSHIP ODDS FOR 2023-24 NBA SEASON: *

Boston Celtics: +100 (bet $10 to win $20 total)
Minnesota Timberwolves: +290 (bet $10 to win $39 total)
Oklahoma City Thunder: +750 (bet $10 to win $85 total)
New York Knicks: +950 (bet $10 to win $105 total)
Dallas Mavericks: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)
Denver Nuggets: +1500 (bet $10 to win $160 total)
Indiana Pacers: +6500 (bet $10 to win $660 total)
Cleveland Cavaliers: +11000 (bet $10 to win $1,110 total)

* odds as of 5/7/24

What was thought to be a heavyweight contest has turned into a beatdown in the Western Conference semifinals matchup between Denver and Minnesota.

After pulling out a 106-99 Game 1 win in Denver, the Wolves — without probable Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert — blasted the Nuggets in Game 2, 106-80.

Minnesota will now go home with a 2-0 lead over the defending champions, and after sitting at +490 on the championship oddsboard on Monday (second), the Nuggets are now at +1500 (sixth).

The Wolves were third on the board at +600 on Monday. As of Tuesday, they are second, at +290.

Still, Skip Bayless said on Tuesday’s “Undisputed” that he expects the Nuggets to show their championship mettle in Game 3.

“I am not giving completely up on these Denver Nuggets. This team has too much basketball character to lay down and die in Game 3. I think you will get their best shot.”

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