2024 NBA Playoffs Betting Online
The 2024 NBA Playoffs are down to the NBA Finals with the Boston Celtics facing the Dallas Mavericks. The Boston Celtics had the top record in the NBA during the regular season and they have lost just twice in reaching the NBA Finals. The Mavericks have had a more difficult path but they are coming off a very impressive series win against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Celtics had little trouble beating the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers in the first two rounds, and no trouble at all in routing the Indiana Pacers in four games in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round and then defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in six games before taking out the Timberwolves in five games to reach the NBA Finals. The Celtics will have the home court advantage in the best-of-seven game series and Boston is listed as a 2-1 favorite to win the NBA title. Game 1 of the 2023-2024 NBA Finals takes place on Thursday, June 6 in Boston and can be seen on ABC.
NBA Betting Lines
2024 NBA Finals
(1) Boston Celtics vs. (5) Dallas Mavericks
BOS Wins 4-1
| GAME/LOCATION |
DATE / TIME (ET) |
SCORE |
| Game 1 (at Boston) |
Thu, June 6 |
BOS 107, DAL 89 |
| Game 2 (at Boston) |
Sun, June 9 |
BOS 105, DAL 98 |
| Game 3 (at Dallas) |
Wed, June 12 |
DAL 99, BOS 106 |
| Game 4 (at Dallas) |
Fri, June 14 |
DAL 122, BOS 84 |
| Game 5 (at Boston) |
Mon, June 17 |
BOS 106, DAL 88 |
The Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks took different paths to reach the NBA Finals. The Celtics have been the best team in the NBA all season. The Celtics won 64 games in the regular season and finished a record 14 games ahead of New York in the Eastern Conference. They have gone 12-2 in the playoffs and benefited from the easiest path to the NBA Finals in recent history. On the other side, the Mavericks had pulled off three upsets in a row in the NBA Playoffs and will look to become the first No. 5 seed in history to win the NBA title.
Boston is a 2-1 favorite to win the best-of-seven game series. The Celtics beat the Mavericks in both of their regular season meetings this season. They won 119-110 in January and 138-110 in March. The Mavericks are not without a chance, as they have the best player in this series in Luka Doncic. Boston knows all about great players beating them, as Stephen Curry beat them in the 2022 NBA Finals. The Mavericks also have Kyrie Irving who knows how to win an NBA title. The Celtics will try and contain the Dallas guards and force other players to beat them. Boston used Jaylen Brown on Doncic in the regular season, while Holiday and Derrick White split in guarding Irving. Brown didn’t contain Doncic at all in the two games, as Doncic averaged 35 points per game. The Celtics may use Tatum in this series to guard Doncic. The Celtics duo of Holiday and White did a very good job on Irving in the two games.
The Celtics may get Kristaps Porzingis back for this series. He averaged 20 points per game this season for Boston and he gives the Celtics a nice third option behind Tatum and Brown. Porzingis has missed the last nine games but Boston won without him.
Porzingis is an excellent defender and the Celtics may need him to win this series. In the one game he played against Dallas this season he scored 24 points and defended well.
The Celtics went 64-18 SU and 41-36-5 in the regular season with 42 games going over the total and 38 going under. The Celtics averaged 120.6 points per game this season, 2nd in the NBA and they gave up just 109.2 points per game, 5th in the league. Jayson Tatum led the team at 26.5 points per game and 8.3 rebounds per game, while Derrick White led the team with 5 assists per game.
The Dallas Mavericks averaged 117.9 points per game which was 7th best in the league. They did not play a lot of defense, as they gave up 115.6 points per game, 20th in the NBA. The Mavericks finished 50-32 SU and 48-34 ATS with 36 games going over the total and 46 going under. Luka Doncic led the team with 32.9 points per game and he also led the team in assists with 9.7 per game and in rebounding at 9.3 per contest.
Eastern Conference First Round
(1) Boston Celtics vs. (8) Miami Heat - BOS Wins 4-1
(2) New York Knicks vs. (7) Philadelphia 76ers - NYK Wins 4-2
(3) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (6) Indiana Pacers - IND Wins 4-2
(4) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (5) Orlando Magic - CLE Wins 4-3
Eastern Conference Conference Semifinals
(1) Boston Celtics vs. (4) Cleveland Cavaliers - BOS Wins 4-1
(2) New York Knicks vs. (6) Indiana Pacers - IND Wins 4-3
Eastern Conference Conference Finals
(1) Boston Celtics vs. (6) Indiana Pacers - BOS Wins 4-0
Western Conference First Round
(1) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. (8) New Orleans Pelicans - OKC Wins 4-0
(2) Denver Nuggets vs. (7) Los Angeles Lakers - DEN Wins 4-1
(3) Minnesota Timberwolves vs. (6) Phoenix Suns - MIN Wins 4-0
(4) Los Angeles Clippers vs. (5) Dallas Mavericks - DAL Wins 4-2
Western Conference Conference Semifinals
(1) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. (5) Dallas Mavericks - DAL Wins 4-2
(2) Denver Nuggets vs. (3) Minnesota Timberwolves - MIN Wins 4-3
Western Conference Conference Finals
(3) Minnesota Timberwolves vs. (5) Dallas Mavericks - DAL Wins 4-1
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