Philadelphia 76ers 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
Last year was a combination of promise and despair for the Philadelphia 76ers. And that has carried over to the 2024-25 season. Philadelphia has the look of a team that could win the NBA championship. The problem is that Joel Embiid can’t stay in the lineup. When Embiid is in the lineup, the 76ers can handle anyone that they face. However, when he is out, the 76ers are not a serious contender. Embiid has been out of the lineup far too much this season, and the 76ers are running out of time. Of major concern is the poor betting value of the 76ers.
2024-25 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Philadelphia 76ers NBA Betting Lines
As the All-Star break approaches, the Philadelphia 76ers are 19-29 straight up, 20-28 against the spread, and 27-20-1 over/under the total. Philadelphia is 11th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Philadelphia is one game behind the Chicago Bulls for the final play-in spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Philadelphia has NBA metrics of 25th for scoring offense, 22nd for field goal percentage, 20th for 3-point field goal percentage, 13th for free throw percentage, and 30th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the 76ers have NBA metrics of 15th for scoring defense, 30th for field goal percentage permitted, 24th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 13th for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
Last year, C Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 34.7 points, 11.0 rebounds, and 5.6 assists per game. Embiid is a 7-time NBA All-Star and was the 2023 NBA MVP. Embiid has averaged over 30 points per game the past three seasons and at least 20 points per game every season since his career began in 2016-17. Embiid averaged 33.0 points and 10.8 rebounds per game in the postseason. So far this season, playing in only 13 out of Philadelphia’s first 41 games, Embiid averaged 24.4 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.
PG Tyrese Maxey averaged 25.9 points and 6.2 assists per game in the regular season. In the playoffs, he averaged 29.8 points and 6.8 assists per game. Maxey was an NBA All-Star for the first time in his career and had the best season of his career. So far this season, Maxey is averaging 27.7 points and six assists per game.
Head Coach
Nick Nurse is best known for leading the Toronto Raptors to the 2019 NBA championship. He was the 2020 NBA coach of the year. This is his second season with the 76ers.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
47 |
35 |
3rd, Atlantic |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Knicks) |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
54 |
28 |
2nd, Atlantic |
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (Celtics) |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
51 |
31 |
2nd, Atlantic |
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Heat) |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
49 |
23 |
3rd, Atlantic |
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (Hawks) |
| 2019–20 |
73 |
43 |
30 |
1st, Atlantic |
Lost in First Round, 0–4 (Celtics) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
51 |
31 |
2nd, Atlantic |
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (Raptors) |
Philadelphia 76ers History
The Philadelphia 76ers were not the first NBA team in the City of Brotherly Love. The Philadelphia Warriors were a BAA expansion team and won the very first BAA championship in 1947. They won the 1956 NBA Finals as well, but they moved across the country to become the Golden State Warriors at the end of the 1962 season. Philadelphia was only without a team for a year, though, as the Syracuse Nationals moved here and became the 76ers starting in 1963.
The 76ers were immediately competitive and won the 1967 NBA Finals behind the legendary Wilt Chamberlain. Wilt the Stilt averaged 24.1 PPG and 24.2 RPG that season, and he also led the team with 7.8 APG.
Philadelphia was one of the most entertaining teams in the league after buying Julius Erving’s rights from the New Jersey Nets after the Nets joined the NBA. Erving led the Sixers to the NBA Finals in his first season with his new team, and they ended up winning the East three more times before finally claiming their second championship in 1983. Erving and Moses Malone were an unstoppable tandem on the interior, while Mo Cheeks and Andrew Toney shined in their roles.
The franchise has not won a title since that point, but Philly did have a franchise player in the late 1990s and 2000s in Allen Iverson. The Answer was one of the most exciting players of his generation, but the Sixers were unable to put much of a team around him.
NBA Teams
Eastern Conference - Atlantic
Eastern Conference - Central
Eastern Conference - Southeast
Western Conference - Northwest
Western Conference - Pacific
Western Conference - Southwest
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