NBA Championship Odds Shift: Thunder Overtakes Celtics

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00:00We're going to focus on the nba because after that point in early april

00:04Probably only about a week remains in that regular season to figure out the playoff positioning and of course

00:10Update the odds in the run for an nba championship and we do have a slight change

00:16Since the last time we showed you the title odds around the association the boston celtics who way back after they won

00:23Championship number 18 last year were booked as the favorites early in the offseason all pre-season long

00:30The entirety of this regular season to this point

00:33Are no longer the favorites the oklahoma city thunder at plus 175 now 15 cents in front of the seas

00:41Yeah, and look I I like where the line is going at this point here because you take a look at the favorite oklahoma city thunder

00:47Handling their business against the celtics in the regular season having a fantastic season

00:51Gonna have a better record than the boston celtics

00:53So if they do match up in the nba finals, they will have home court advantage and it just plays out that way

00:58So we're finally starting to see hey look

01:00It's not just about the celtics who are yes, maybe the best overall team when completely healthy

01:06But things are working against them like the thunder just a great basketball team

01:10Handling their business and playing well against the celtics and again, we'll have home court advantage

01:14So they should have to say we're not talking about the thunder here should be minus one

01:18Let's just say plus 100 or minus 132 in the nba championship and the celtics should be five or six to one

01:23But we're finally getting to the point where we're showing that respect through the betting markets to okc

01:28As being a better team right now than the boston celtics and it's not about playing in the ncaa tournament

01:34Ben where it's a neutral championship game and it's made the best team win

01:38No, it's a seven game series that oklahoma city thunder has been fantastic at home and would have home court advantage

01:44It only makes sense