NBA Predictions: Miami vs OKC Series Analysis
Well, it’s all come down to this. The Miami Heat roll into the Chesapeake Energy Arena on Tuesday to begin the 2012 edition of the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Well, it’s all come down to this. The Miami Heat roll into the Chesapeake Energy Arena on Tuesday to begin the 2012 edition of the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Before nba betting fans turn their attention to NBA Playoff basketball betting events this week, we have a great NBA finals series Previews on tap, and our man Lawrence weighs in with his picks for the series. It’s time for our weekly hoops picks for NBA gambling action.
The Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics will clash in the NBA Finals for the second time in three seasons and betED.com has Game 1 and series odds as well as lots of great prop bets.
The Lakers are a 5.5-point favorite and the over/under total is 192.5 in NBA Odds for Game 1 of the NBA championship series on Thursday (9:05 pm ET, ABC).
The lines are up for every game in the NBA Finals. Want to bet Game 3 in Orlando? The Magic are 3-point favorites, and if there is a Game 7 back in LA, the Lakers are 6-point favorites.
SPORTSBETTING.com has all the lines up with their “Prospective Bets”, which have been running all NBA playoffs.
And while the Finals matchup won’t feature a Kobe vs. King James battle, it is still an intriguing series.
Cleveland.com said it best: “It’s time to put the puppets away. There will be no LeBron James-Kobe Bryant NBA Finals.” It looked like a shoo-in for the top two seeds to meet, setting up a Kobe/LeBron Finals.
But once the Eastern Conference Finals began, you could see the Magic were a terrific team that matched up very well with the Cavs.