#NBA Finals

Three hundred fifty-eight days. That's how long it's been since Jayson Tatum erupted for 51 points in a matinee win over the Washington Wizards that lit both his own fuse and that of the Boston Celtics before a furious second-half surge that rocketed the Celtics straight to the NBA Finals. One week shy of a full year, Tatum again stacked up 51…

When odds were first released on this prop, it was the Suns were the -200 chalk. Brooklyn was the second betting choice at+700. The Nets are aiming high in their demands for Durant. Too high for the tastes of potential deal partners, it would appear. Durant does bring a lot to the floor, after all. He's an NBA champion, former NBA Finals MVP,…

With three months left in the regular season, award races in the NBA are starting to take shape. Check out our top NBA futures odds for the 2023 Defensive Player of the Year. There's still value in a good defensive stalwart, even in today's high-scoring NBA. The Defensive Player of the Year race is typically an underrated market, and it's been…

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Two teams sitting on opposite ends of the NBA standings will tip-off for action as the Boston Celtics square off with the Charlotte Hornets to kick off the Saturday! Join us for our NBA odds series where our Celtics-Hornets prediction and pick will be revealed. Entering play today, the Celtics boast the top record throughout the entire NBA and have…

Looking for Boston Celtics vs. Charlotte Hornets free NBA picks & NBA odds? NBA betting sees the Celtics taking on the Hornets on Saturday, January 14th, 2023 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Cappers Picks provides complimentary expert handicapping picks on all NBA basketball matchups so stay tuned for more FREE daily NBA hoops…

Nikola Jokic is on the injury report for Friday's game. On Friday night, the Denver Nuggets will be in California to face off with the Los Angeles Clippers. However, they could be without their best player, as Nikola Jokic is questionable for the contest. Underdog NBA: "Nikola Jokic (injury management) questionable for Friday." The two-time MVP is…

Despite their recent hot play that has them at the top of the West, not to mention their recent dominance over the Clippers, Denver is still a 1.5-point road'dog in the NBA odds, and just a slight -104 favorite on the moneyline. This is the third of four regular-season meetings, with the Nuggets having won the previous two, both by double digits.…

The top two teams in the NBA Eastern Conference standings face off on TNT on Thursday. Here are our top Boston Celtics vs. Brooklyn Nets NBA picks based on the best basketball odds. The Brooklyn Nets are the hottest team in the NBA and have won 18 of their last 20 games. Coincidentally, one of those two losses came at home at the hands of the…

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The NBA on TNT has another mesmerizing double-header on the dockets for basketball fans as a handful of household names meet underneath the nationally televised spotlight. Tune in as the white-hot Brooklyn Nets host the first-place Boston Celtics before the Los Angeles Lakers welcome the Dallas Mavericks to Tinseltown. Kyrie Irving returns to…

Two of the top teams in the east and west will be squaring off against each other on Wednesday night when the New Orleans Pelicans take the road trip up to take on the Boston Celtics. The name of the game for the Pelicans has been healthy this season, and they have plenty of injury concerns for their entire roster as the halfway point creeps…

The NBA Eastern Conference's two best teams will collide on Thursday, Jan. 12 as the Boston Celtics are scheduled to visit the Brooklyn Nets. Boston and Brooklyn are two of the favorites to win the 2022-23 NBA Championship, sitting at+390 (No. 1) and+800 odds (No. 3), respectively, on FanDuel Sportsbook. In other words, basketball fans won't want…

On the latest episode of his podcast The Lowe Post, ESPN's Zach Lowe spoke with the Worldwide Leader's Lakers beat reporter, Dave McMenamin, about just how badly 38-year-old LA All-Star might actually want to leave the team in a trade. The answer: not much. "I keep hearing he wants to stay with the Lakers. He wants to finish his career with the…

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At the start of the 2022-23 NBA season, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith predicted that the Warriors and Brooklyn Nets would meet in the NBA Finals. Now, three months into the season, Smith remains confident in his preseason prediction, but believes a few other teams might prevent Warriors-Nets from happening. "At the start of the season, I had y'all. The…

As the calendar turns to January, the focus of the betting world begins to shift to the NBA season. The Boston Celtics currently hold the best record in the league at the halfway point with a record of 29-12. Legal sports betting in Massachusetts is on the horizon, and Celtics fans in The Bay State are chomping at the bit to place a bet on their…

The biggest storylines in the NBA over the past week have been in the injury department, as Kevin Durant, Zion Williamson, and Paul George have all went down to injuries. However, there have also been positive injury moves, with Stephen Curry set to return on Tuesday and Anthony Davis reportedly getting closer to a return, which has moved the Los…

Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry has been listed as questionable to make his return against the Phoenix Suns tonight after suffering a shoulder injury in December. Curry was forced to leave the Warriors' loss against the Indiana Pacers on December 14 after suffering a shoulder injury, putting a halt to what could've been a historic…

The race for the 2023 NBA MVP award is anticipated to be one of the closest in years, with six candidates almost neck-and-neck at the halfway mark of the season. Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has won the award for the last two consecutive seasons and is once again in a strong position to pick up a third, however he is not the current…

Every passionate basketball fan is looking forward to the 2023 NBA finals. The competition will take place between 1st June and 18th June 2023. They are anticipating the live action with a great amount of passion. Bookmakers like Ivibet are already giving punters the chance to make future bets to predict the winner. Pundits, sports analysts, and…

Michael Jordan had entered the dark side of the gambling world. This meant that he was indebted to many and in trouble. Well, at least this was the narrative created around his habit. But upon investigation, the league concluded that the issue never reached a level of crisis. On the other hand, Jordan always maintained that his gambling tendencies…

On Saturday night, the Utah Jazz will travel to Illinois for a battle with the Chicago Bulls at the United Center. It's time to continue our NBA odds series as we make a Jazz-Bulls prediction and pick. On Thursday night, the Jazz defeated the Houston Rockets 131-114 at the Toyota Center. Significantly, Lauri Markkanen went off for 49 points while…

Golden State Warriors wing Andre Iguodala will make his 2022-23 season debut this Saturday at home against the Orlando Magic, according to the 19-year veteran himself on his Point Forward podcast. "We got 24 hours until I step on the court, man. Yeah, it's a go," said Iguodala on Friday. "You know, officially announcing it on Point Forward, hope…

The Cavaliers and Nuggets meet in a potential NBA Finals preview on Friday night in Denver. Nikola Jokic is making a run at a third straight MVP nod, leading the Nuggets to the best record in the Western Conference so far, but they have a stiff test on Friday with the Cavs in town, riding high after Donovan Mitchell's 71-point outing on…

The Boston Celtics still own the top record in the league, but their current two-game losing streak is certainly causing concern for fans who have seen their play decline in recent months. On Thursday night, they look to bounce back from their worst loss of the season with a nationally televised matchup against the red-hot Dallas Mavericks -…

Three years ago, Joe Mazzulla was the head coach of Division-II school Fairmont State. Just over three months ago, he was coming off his third year as a Celtics assistant coach, still seemingly years away from his first shot as a head coach at the professional level. Now he's the favorite to win NBA Coach of the Year. And at this rate, it'll take a…

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A month before this NBA season started, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla wasn't even listed on the Coach of the Year oddsboard. Nearing its halfway point, he's the favorite to win it. Boston's interim boss is dealing as the+260 frontrunner to win the league's top coaching honor in his professional head coaching debut, thrust into this position after…

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In just a few weeks, the NBA will be playing their first game in France since 2020 when the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons face off on January 19 at the Accor Arena in Paris. The Pistons currently 15 in the NBA's Eastern Conference have struggled throughout the 2022 season and received a major blow earlier in December when second-year talent…

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Just a little over two years ago, the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers played a six-game NBA Finals series in Orlando at what is referred to as the "Disney Bubble." The Lakers went on to win that series, LeBron James won his fourth Finals MVP Award and that chapter of the NBA will forever be remembered as a unique time. In 2023, the two teams are…

On Wednesday evening, the Miami Heat will travel to Hollywood to battle the Los Angeles Lakers. In a rematch between the two teams that met in the 2019-2020 NBA Finals, Los Angeles will be missing both LeBron James and Anthony Davis. As a result of James' last-minute addition to the injury report, the market has moved significantly, with oddsmakers…

The NBA trade deadline is a little over a month away, and we've been digging into what that might look like for the Knicks. A strong December has them looking like buyers at the deadline, so the first part of the conversation was which current Knicks might be traded away, and we dove into that yesterday, so check it out here. The next, and…

After a weak Tuesday, the NBA is back with a respectable 12-game slate for Wednesday. Below, I'll handicap and give picks for the Bucks-Raptors, Hawks-Kings, and Heat-Lakers. You can listen to the audio versions of these handicaps on my recently launched NBA Hoops At Lunch show on the OutKick Bets podcast feed. I'm looking at the total in the first…

End of year is always a good time to look back, examining top movies or top TV series of the past 12 months. On the sports betting front, what were some of the top betting trends in 2022? According to - and this isn't a surprise - in Ontario the most bet teams in the province's newly regulated market were the Toronto Blue Jays and the Buffalo…

With both teams looking to make statements in 2023, January 8's matchup between the Toronto Raptors and Portland Trail Blazers is set to be a pivotal early January matchup for both teams. The first of two matchups between the two in January as they'll also meet back up in Portland later in the month on the 28th. The Raptors looking to follow up…

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The Nuggets have won seven straight at home but get the toughest test in the NBA tonight in the league-best Boston Celtics. Can they rise to the occasion? Find out in our NBA betting picks below. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports Two NBA Finals hopefuls collide tonight as the Denver Nuggets put their seven-game home win streak on the line against Jayson…

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