at least according to the odds at BetMGM.<\/a> The Thunder is still the favorite to win the NBA Finals at +175, while the Celtics are at +250 and the Cavaliers are at +500. The Timberwolves, who begin their second-round series on Tuesday night against the Warriors, are the No. 4 favorite at +1000.<\/p>\nAll three teams are still significant favorites to win their series as well despite the 1-0 deficit. Both Oklahoma City and Boston are -300 to get to the conference finals while the Cavaliers are -220 to take down the Pacers.<\/p>\n
Cleveland\u2019s odds are a bit lower than both Boston and Oklahoma City\u2019s likely in part due to injuries. Both Evan Mobley and De\u2019Andre Hunter are questionable for Game 2 on Tuesday night along with Darius Garland. Mobley and Hunter got hurt in the fourth quarter of the Game 1 loss to the Pacers while Garland hasn\u2019t played since the second game of Cleveland\u2019s sweep of the Miami Heat because of a toe injury.<\/p>\n
If you think the Pacers can jump out to a 2-0 lead, it\u2019s probably worth a flier on their chances to win the NBA Finals. Indiana is currently the biggest long shot to win the title at +3500 despite winning Game 1. The Pacers are the only team with odds longer than 28-to-1 and are still +900 to win the Eastern Conference. The Thunder, meanwhile, are -140 to win the West and Denver is only +500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second round of the NBA playoffs has gotten off to a fascinating start. The three teams favored…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[877,7,75,193,791,187,576,126,189,6,1220,11,191,475,179,2957,255],"class_list":{"0":"post-13294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-playoffs","8":"tag-aaron-gordon","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","12":"tag-darius-garland","13":"tag-denver-nuggets","14":"tag-evan-mobley","15":"tag-indiana-pacers","16":"tag-miami-heat","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-nba-finals","19":"tag-nba-playoffs","20":"tag-new-york-knicks","21":"tag-oklahoma-city","22":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","23":"tag-the-pacers","24":"tag-warriors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114460911475411965","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}