2024-25 NBA Championship Betting Odds
The signing of Paul George to go alongside Joel Embiid had the Philadelphia 76ers among the preseason favorites in the NBA futures market. But a month into the season and with a record of 3-13, the Sixers are on the precipice of becoming an afterthought. It didn’t help that George and Embiid missed a bunch of games at the start of the season, but there was always the hope that once in the lineup they’d spark a run. It was a risk signing George, who along with Embiid, have been injury-prone their entire careers. Apparently that’s rubbed off on Tyrese Maxey, who has also missed time. The three players expected to be the backbone of the team have played together for less than 10 minutes through 16 games.
It’s still early and there’s a chance the Sixers turn things around, but their championship odds have skyrocketed. And things are likely to get worse before they get better with George and Embiid still currently out of the lineup. While Philly is struggling with guys not playing, the NBA championship favorite Boston Celtics have the opposite problem. He hasn’t been much of a contributor since joining the Celtics missing a lot of time due to injury, but the club welcomed back Kristaps Porzingis this week, only strengthening an already deep squad. KP made his season debut on Monday scoring 16 points in more than 22 minutes in a win over the Clippers, Boston’s sixth straight win keeping them right behind the Cavaliers for the top spot in the East.
The second favorite on the NBA championship odds board also got a boost when Isaiah Hartenstein debuted last week. It’s a big move for the Oklahoma City Thunder getting a big man in the lineup with Chet Holmgren sidelined for a few months. Hartenstein had 13 points and 14 rebounds in his first game helping OKC end a 2-game slide with a 109-99 win over Portland. OKC beat Sacramento a few days later to take over as the West’s top team. The conference is loaded and should be tight all season with the top 10 teams all at least two games over .500. At the time of this writing only four teams in the East have a winning record. Of the nine teams with 20/1 odds or shorter, six of them reside in the Western Conference.
NBA Betting Lines
2024/25 NBA Championship Odds
| ODDS TO WIN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP 2024/25 |
| Atlanta Hawks +7418 |
Boston Celtics +408 |
Brooklyn Nets +0 |
| Charlotte Hornets +0 |
Chicago Bulls +20324 |
Cleveland Cavaliers +758 |
| Dallas Mavericks +1210 |
Denver Nuggets +0 |
Detroit Pistons +6910 |
| Golden State Warriors +535 |
Houston Rockets +636 |
Indiana Pacers +0 |
| Los Angeles Clippers +8129 |
Los Angeles Lakers +2236 |
Memphis Grizzlies +0 |
| Miami Heat +0 |
Milwaukee Bucks +1068 |
Minnesota Timberwolves +0 |
| New Orleans Pelicans +0 |
New York Knicks +738 |
Oklahoma City Thunder +1071 |
| Orlando Magic +1830 |
Philadelphia 76ers +0 |
Phoenix Suns +1220 |
| Portland Trail Blazers +0 |
Sacramento Kings +0 |
San Antonio Spurs +8129 |
| Toronto Raptors +0 |
Utah Jazz +0 |
Washington Wizards +0 |
*Odds as of Thursday, November 28, 9:38 AM ET
Denver Nuggets
We talked about the top 5 on the odds board last week and those teams remained the same. We’ll deal with the next five starting with the 2023 champion Nuggets. It’s been a tough start even though they have the best player in the world. Nikola Jokic is averaging a triple-double through 13 games with 29.7 points, 13.4 rebounds and 10.9 assists. And he appears to be the only player on the roster hungry for another title. Maybe a ripping into by Michael Malone following a 145-118 home loss to the Knicks will spark them.
Phoenix Suns
There have been some inconsistencies with the Suns. They won seven games in a row earlier in the year and just experienced a five-game slide. They came out of it with a 127-100 thumping of the Lakers on Tuesday with Devin Booker (26) Kevin Durant (23) and Bradley Beal (23) combining for 72 points. KD missed the last four games of the recent losing streak and the team struggles without him going just 1-6 in games Durant missed.
Golden State Warriors
The Warriors have gotten contributions from just about everybody on the roster during their hot start. It was a point of interest this season after losing eight of their first 14 games a season ago. They started 12-3 but suffered two disturbing losses blowing big late second half leads to San Antonio and the Nets. And it was revealed early in the week that Steph Curry could miss a few games with soreness in both knees.
Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers are searching for an identity but should be contending for a playoff spot with cornerstones Anthony Davis and LeBron James. They rattled off five straight wins to climb up the standings then proceeded to lose their next three getting blown out by West counterparts Denver and Phoenix in the last two. When they won the title in 2020 the Lakers used an efficient defense. That part of the game has fallen off allowing opponents to score more than 117 points a game and shoot nearly 49 percent from the field.
Milwaukee Bucks
Proving that the season is a marathon and not a sprint, the Bucks climbed back into the top 6 in the Eastern Conference with wins in five straight games and in seven of eight. Since the start of November the Bucks picked it up defensively ranking among the top 10 in efficiency. And Giannis Antetokounmpo is balling averaging 32.4 points and 11.9 boards while shooting better than 60 percent from the floor.
NBA Teams
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