NBA In-Season Tournament odds: Bucks, Lakers the favorites

The NBA In-Season Tournament comes to a close later this week with the four remaining teams traveling to Las Vegas this week to determine a winner. The semifinal matchups take place in the Entertainment Capital of the World on Thursday night with the winners squaring off on Saturday in the finale.

The four remaining teams are the Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks and New Orleans Pelicans. The bracket splits the teams by conference, so the Eastern Conference side will pit the Pacers against the Bucks. Meanwhile, the Lakers and Pelicans will square off in the other semifinal matchup.

The over/under in that Eastern Conference clash is considerably higher than your normal NBA total. This is because the NBA In-Season Tournament has produced several higher-scoring games, especially in the early rounds with points scored acting as a tiebreaker in many scenarios.

It's over to TNT for the nightcap on Thursday with tipoff scheduled for 8 p.m. CT. Los Angeles is favored by 1.5 points over New Orleans in the Western Conference clash, which is a pseudo-home game for the Lakers. You can get LeBron James and Co. to advance to Saturday's final at -125, or the Pelicans to pull off the 'upset' at near even money (+105). This gives Los Angeles an implied probability of 55.56%. Caesars Sportsbook lists the over/under at 230 total points.

If you're interested in predicting a winner a few days before the tournament's finale tips off, there are odds for that, as well. Odds in the market list the Bucks (+160) as the favorites with the Lakers (+230) trailing shortly behind. The underdogs, the Pacers and Pelicans, are listed at +480 and +330 respectively.