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NBA Playoffs Betting Guide: Power Rankings of All 16 Teams to Win NBA Championship

Power Rankings of all 16 NBA Playoff Teams

With the play-in games now finished and the 16 playoff teams now confirmed, we wanted to take a look at each teams odds to win the NBA championship. Included here are the teams odds to advance to the finals as well.

One thing to keep in mind is that injuries and path to the finals plays a huge role into determining these odds. For example, if Luka were fully healthy then the Mavericks would have much more favorable odds, not behind teams like the Jazz and Nuggets.

Another example would be the Suns, who are already the best team in the NBA, also get a break being the 1 seed and avoiding the Warriors in the 2nd round. The Grizzlies, despite being the 2 seed, have such low odds to advance because they would most likely need to through both the Warriors and then the Suns, making their path much more difficult.

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16) New Orleans Pelicans (8 seed, West) +12000

  • Regular Season Record: 36-46
  • Series Opponent: Phoenix Suns
  • New Orleans Pelicans Series Odds: +15000
  • New Orleans Pelicans Projected Game Spread: +2.5
  • New Orleans Pelicans Projected Game Total: 5
  • New Orleans Pelicans to Make the Finals: 8000

15) Atlanta Hawks (8 seed, East) +10000

  • Regular Season Record: 43-39
  • Series Opponent: Miami Heat
  • Atlanta Hawks Series Odds: +500
  • Atlanta Hawks Projected Game Spread: +2.5
  • Atlanta Hawks Projected Game Total: 5
  • Atlanta Hawks to Make the Finals: +4500

14) Chicago Bulls (6 seed, East) +10000

  • Regular Season Record: 46-36
  • Series Opponent: Milwaukee Bucks
  • Chicago Bulls Series Odds: +700
  • Chicago Bulls Series Game Spread: +2.5
  • Chicago Bulls Projected Game Total: 5
  • Chicago Bulls to Make the Finals: +4500

13) Toronto Raptors (5 Seed, East) +6000

  • Regular Season Record: 48-34
  • Series Opponent: Philadelphia 76ers
  • Toronto Raptors Series Odds: +160
  • Toronto Raptors Series Game Spread: +1.5
  • Toronto Raptors Projected Game Total: 7
  • Raptors to Make the Finals: +2500

12) Minnesota Timberwolves (7 seed, West) +6000

  • Regular Season Record: 46-36
  • Series Opponent: Memphis Grizzlies
  • Minnesota Timberwolves Series Odds: +310
  • Minnesota Timberwolves Series Game Spread: -1.5
  • Minnesota Timberwolves Projected Game Total: 5
  • Timberwolves to Make the Finals: +2500

11) Dallas Mavericks (4 seed, West) +4000

  • Regular Season Record: 52-30
  • Series Opponent: Utah Jazz
  • Dallas Mavericks Series Odds: +250
  • Dallas Mavericks Series Game Spread:
  • Dallas Mavericks Projected Game Total:
  • Mavericks to Make the Finals: +1500

10) Utah Jazz (5 seed, West) +2500

  • Regular Season Record: 49-33
  • Series Opponent: Dallas Mavericks
  • Utah Jazz Series Odds: -320
  • Utah Jazz Series Game Spread:
  • Utah Jazz Series Projected Game Total:
  • Jazz to Make the Finals: +1100

9) Denver Nuggets (6 seed, West) +2500

  • Regular Season Record: 48-34
  • Series Opponent: Golden State Warriors
  • Denver Nuggets Series Odds: +200
  • Denver Nuggets Series Game Spread: +1.5
  • Denver Nuggets Series Projected Game Total: 7
  • Nuggets to Make the Finals: +1100

8) Philadelphia 76ers (4 seed, East) +1400

  • Regular Season Record: 51-31
  • Series Opponent: Toronto Raptors
  • Philadelphia 76ers Series Odds: -190
  • Philadelphia 76ers Series Game Spread: -1.5
  • Philadelphia 76ers Series Projected Game Total: 7
  • 76ers to Make the Finals: +650

7) Memphis Grizzlies (2 seed, West) +1400

  • Regular Season Record: 56-26
  • Series Opponent: Minnesota Timberwolves
  • Memphis Grizzlies Series Odds: -400
  • Memphis Grizzlies Series Game Spread: -1.5
  • Memphis Grizzlies Series Projected Game Total: 5
  • Grizzlies to Make the Finals: +600

6) Miami Heat (1 seed, East) +1000

  • Regular Season Record: 53-29
  • Series Opponent: Atlanta Hawks
  • Miami Heat Series Odds: -700
  • Miami Heat Series Game Spread: -2.5
  • Miami Heat Series Projected Game Total: 5
  • Heat to Make the Finals: +430

5) Golden State Warriors (3 seed, West) +900

  • Regular Season Record: 53-29
  • Series Opponent: Denver Nuggets
  • Golden State Warriors Series Odds: -240
  • Golden State Warriors Series Game Spread: -1.5
  • Golden State Warriors Series Projected Game Total: 7
  • Warriors to Make the Finals: +430

4) Boston Celtics (2 seed, East) +900

  • Regular Season Record: 51-31
  • Series Opponent: Brooklyn Nets
  • Boston Celtics Series Odds: -145
  • Boston Celtics Series Game Spread: -1.5
  • Boston Celtics Series Projected Game Total: 7 games
  • Boston to Make the Finals: +420

3) Brooklyn Nets (7 seed, East) +750

  • Regular Season Record: 44-38
  • Series Opponent: Boston Celtics
  • Brooklyn Nets Series Odds: +125
  • Brooklyn Nets Series Game Spread: +1.5
  • Brooklyn Nets Series Projected Game Total: 7
  • Brooklyn to Make the Finals: +400

2) Milwaukee Bucks (3 seed, East) +475

  • Regular Season Record: 51-31
  • Series Opponent: Chicago Bulls
  • Milwaukee Bucks Series Odds: -1100
  • Milwaukee Bucks Series Game Spread: -2.5
  • Milwaukee Bucks Projected Game Total: 5
  • Milwaukee to Make the Finals: +220

1) Phoenix Suns (1 seed, West) +270

  • Regular Season Record: 64-18
  • Series Opponent: New Orleans Pelicans
  • Phoenix Suns Series Odds: -4000
  • Phoenix Suns Series Game Spread: -2.5
  • Phoenix Suns Projected Game Total: 5
  • Phoenix to Make the Finals: +110

Overall, not surprising to see the Suns and Bucks to make it out of their respective conferences. These two teams famously played in the NBA finals last year, with the Bucks wearing the crowns.

I did find it interesting that the Celtics are favored to beat the Nets, but the Nets have more favorable odds to make the finals and to win the championship.

The Celtics are -145 favorites to beat the Nets in their series, but their futures odds are +420 to make the finals, and +900 to win the finals, while the Nets are +400 to make the finals and +750 to win.

This means that there is either value on the Nets to win the series on the Celtics, or on the Celtics futures. I am more leaning towards the value being on the Nets to beat the Celtics. You can check out our series preview here for full analysis.

While I do think the Suns make the finals, there isn’t any value getting their odds at +110 odds. Instead, I love getting the Warriors odds both to make the finals and to win the whole thing. Steph Curry is confirmed playing in game 1 of their series against the Nuggets, and if he can stay healthy then I would say the Warriors have a legit chance.

As far as East predictions go, I have to go chalk here and take the Bucks to make the finals. I just think that they have the answers to the most questions compared to the rest of the Easts elite teams, and +220 is good value

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