The NBA Finals begins Thursday, June 6, 2024, with Game 1 between the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics at TD Garden at 8:30 p.m. ET
Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic dribbles against Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Dallas, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. The NBA Finals begins Thursday, June 6, 2024, with Game 1 between the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics at TD Garden at 8:30 p.m.Senior trader Halvor Egeland said Monday that 80% of the bets were coming on Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving and the Mavs to win their second NBA title.
“We feel it’s the correct betting line,” Egeland said. “If we were trading strictly off money, we would’ve moved it towards the Mavericks because it’s all Mavericks money. But we’re trying to get to a point where we’re at like an equilibrium — half the time going to be on one side, half the time it’s going to go on the other. We’ve landed at 6 1/2 and that’s the strategy you take.”“The Celtics had an 82-game season and they’ve been the best team all year,” he said.
Egeland said if the Celtics have to sit Porzingis yet again, they likely would drop to 4 1/2- or 5-point favorites. “I would say the Mavs had it a little bit harder than the Celts did, so maybe would affect the Celtics more since they didn’t get pushed much,” Avello said. “The Mavs’ 4-1 wasn’t really reflective of how that series went, although you consider the Celtics, too. They could’ve lost an early game . It certainly would’ve changed the complexion of that series.”
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