Celtics got a game back against NYK, and Minnesota went 2-1 ahead of the Warriors, so we'd expect some adjustments to the best odds we are tracking, lets have a look at them.
At time of publishing the futures odds for winning the 2024/25 NBA Championships look like this:
OKC: best odds 2.88 (out from 2.8 yesterday)
Boston: best odds 3.5 (in from 4.5)
Cleveland: best odds 6.5 (in from 7)
Denver: best odds 12 (out from 11)
New York: best odds 21 (out from 13)
Minnesota: best odds 10 (in from 11)
Indiana: best odds 29 (out from 23)
Golden State: best odds 71 (out from 34)
CELTICS 115, KNICKS 93
Betting Results:
Head to Head: Celtics, odds 1.392
Line: Celtics (-5.5), odds 1.898
Total Points: Under (209.5) odds 1.901
Pre-game Prediction
Celtics, 64.4%
Knicks, 35.6%
Knicks lead the Eastern Conference Semifinal series 2-1
NEW YORK (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 22 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, Payton Pritchard scored 23 points and the Boston Celtics easily got their first win in the Eastern Conference semifinals by routing the New York Knicks 115-93 on Saturday in Game 3.
The Celtics went 20 for 40 from 3-point range after going just 25 for 100 in their two losses in Boston, when they blew 20-point leads in the second half of both games. They went ahead by 31 in this one and there was never anything resembling a comeback for the Knicks.
Tatum, an All-Star who shot just 12 for 42 overall in Boston, and Pritchard, the NBA Sixth Man of the Year, both made five 3s.
Jaylen Brown scored 19 points and Derrick White had 17 for the Celtics, who will try to tie the series Monday night in Game 4 before returning to Boston for Game 5 on Wednesday.
Jalen Brunson scored 27 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 15 rebounds for the Knicks, who blew a 2-0 lead in this round last year and are still seeking their first conference finals appearance since 2000.
NBA's Top 5 Plays of the Night - May 10 - NBA Playoffs
TIMBERWOLVES 102, WARRIORS 97
Betting Results:
Head to Head: Timberwolves, odds 1.402
Line: Timberwolves (-5.5), odds 1.889
Total Points: Under (201), odds 1.909
Pre-game Prediction
Timberwolves, 62.3%
Warriors, 37.7%
Timberwolves lead the Western Conference Semifinal series 2-1
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Anthony Edwards hit a baseline 3-pointer with 1:19 remaining and scored 36 points, Julius Randle had a triple-double of 24 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds, and Minnesota beat Golden State for a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff series.
Jimmy Butler had 33 points, seven assists and seven rebounds and Jonathan Kuminga scored 30 off the bench, but the Warriors still lacked the kind of rhythm they have with Stephen Curry on the floor.
Kuminga shot 11 for 18 as the Warriors again mixed and matched while playing without Curry as he nurses a strained left hamstring that he injured early in Game 1 on Tuesday.
Game 4 is Monday night at Chase Center.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr stressed his team had to win with defense — and his team couldn’t make the key stops down the stretch.
Edwards, who showed no signs of being hampered after spraining his left ankle in the second quarter of Game 2, knocked down a go-ahead 3-pointer with 6:16 remaining, while Jaden McDaniels made another key 3 with 3:20 to play.
