MIAMI - Odds on the Miami Heat winning the NBA Championship have been slashed after LeBron James announced he had chosen to move to South Beach. The Heat are now on offer at best odds of 21/10 (bet $10 to make $21 profit), down from 7/1 before the announcement was made. Heat President Pat Riley will [...]
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NBA Finals betting – LA Lakers vs Boston Celtics
A new chapter will be written this week in the story of one of sport's great rivalries. The LA Lakers and the Boston Celtics will be looking to win their sixteenth and eighteenth championships respectively as they meet in the NBA Finals for the twelfth time.
NBA Eastern Conference Finals betting – Boston Celtics vs Orlando Magic
The Boston Celtics will look to build on their victory in game one of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals series against the Orlando Magic as they travel to Florida tonight. The 92-88 Boston win was Orlando's first defeat of the post-season and they now know that the Celtics are a very different animal to the tame Atlanta Hawks.
NBA Playoff betting – Cleveland Cavaliers vs Boston Celtics
As the only Conference semi-final series that has survived as a contest after four games, all eyes are on tonight's game between Boston and Cleveland as the Cavaliers look to stay in contention this year. Boston's shock 120-88 defeat of the one-time favourites in game has left many wondering what happened to LeBron James and his team.
NBA Playoffs Betting Update
The Cleveland Cavaliers are favourites to win the NBA Finals this season despite their home defeat to the Boston Celtics in game two of their Conference Semi-Finals series. LeBron James and his team-mates went down by eighteen points, being outscored 31-12 in the third quarter, to level the series. However, the bookmakers do not seem too concerned and Cleveland remain the market leaders at 11/5. The Celtics, Champions is 2008, are 14/1.
NBA Basketball betting update
The NBA regular season is nearing its conclusion and the playoffs are drawing near. April 17th is when it gets serious for the top teams with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers currently setting the pace in the race to the NBA Championship.
NBA 2010 Outright betting
The NBA season is in full swing now and the main focus for the Championship is on three teams : The LA Lakers, led by Kobe Bryant, the star-studded Boston Celtics and Lebron James' Cleveland Cavaliers.
Jailed NBA Referee’s Book Cancelled
Deadspin claim to have acquired a copy of 'Blowing the Whistle: The Culture of Fraud in the NBA', a book by disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy about alleged corruption in the league. Donaghy served eleven months in prison for his part in a gambling scandal and wrote the memoir during this time, but the publisher, Triumph Books, cancelled the book. Pat Bergan, the liaison between Donaghy and Triumph, claims the NBA threatened legal action. The NBA denies these claims.
NBA Championship 2009-2010 betting preview
The NBA season tips off on Tuesday with two of the favourites for the Championship facing each other in the opening game. The Cleveland Cavaliers, led by LeBron James, face the Boston Celtics, a team whch had the league's second-best record last year while defending their 2008 title. Cleveland are second-favourites to win the Finals this year at 7/2, just ahead of Boston at 5/1.
