NBA Eastern Conference | Odds, Tips & Picks

New York Knicks v Indiana Pacers - Best Odds

Took them one game longer than OKC, but Indiana make only the second Finals in franchise history after a Game 6 win against NYK.

Eastern Conference Champions - Tips

WINNING BET: Conference Winners: $20 bet on Indiana Pacers at odds of 2.30 (now 1.25)
WINNING BET: Conference MVP: $10 bet on Pascal Siakam (IND) at odds of 12.00 (now 51)

Conference Champions Double - Tip

WINNING BET: Pacers & Thunder to win their conferences: $10 bet at odds of 3.726 (now 1.173)

Previous Updates

Cavaliers on a 10 game win streak. Pistons firing, Hornets in meltdown

Cleveland are flying, now with a pct of .833.

The Eastern Conference looks to be there for the taking. But the Sportsbook odds don't agree..

Cleveland on top, but Celtics still betting favourites

Eastern Conference - Latest and Best Odds

(4th March 2025)

Boston Celtics, best odds 1.80
Cleveland Cavaliers, best odds 3.60
New York Knicks, best odds 9.00
Milwaukee Bucks, best odds 21.00
Indiana Pacers, best odds 41.00
Orlando Magic, best odds 51.00
Detroit Pistons, best odds 81.00 (in from 251.00)
Miami Heat, best odds 151.00
Philadelphia 76ers, best odds 501.00

The Pistons are making a surge under the radar.

With over half the regular season gone, and the All Star break giving us time to reflect, lets take a look at the odds and picks for the NBA Eastern conference.

Cleveland Cavaliers lead the way

The Cavs are currently joint best in the NBA (with OKC) but it took some time for the sportsbooks to recognize their true chances of winning the Championship. The Celtics lie second, and retain the favourites tag for the Finals. The Knicks lie third, ever threatening to overtake Boston.

Eastern Conference - Latest and Best Odds

(17th Feb 2025)

Boston Celtics, best odds 1.91
Cleveland Cavaliers, best odds 4.20
New York Knicks, best odds 6.00
Milwaukee Bucks, best odds 13.00
Indiana Pacers, best odds 41.00
Orlando Magic, best odds 51.00
Philadelphia 76ers, best odds 56.00
Miami Heat, best odds 126.00
Detroit Pistons, best odds 251.00
All others, best odds 751.00

We're tipping the New York Knicks - and have been doing since the start of the season. True, they've had some rocky patches, but no more than Boston's. The Knicks on their day can comfortably beat anyone, as they have proved so far this term. NYK started the season priced at odds of 5.00 for the Eastern Conference, and due to the unexpected rise of Cleveland, have drifted to 6.00, so we have loaded up again.

Cleveland started the 2024/25 NBA season at odds of 21.00 for the Eastern Conference, a price that by early December had been chopped to 6.25 and now sits at 4.20.

Favourites Boston started the season at odds of 1.91, and are still at 1.91, so who were the teams who have grossly under performed compared to their odds?

The Bucks have gone from 4.50 to 13.00, and the Sixers have gone from 8.00 to 56.00! The Hawks are the team with the biggest and most catastrophic change. Starting the season priced at 41.00, you can get 751.00 on Atlanta now. (Don't)

The next 5 games for the top 3 are going to be very important to the odds for the Eastern Conference. Bold highlights where they play each other.

Cavaliers - next 5 games

CLE @ BKN
CLE v NYK
CLE v MEM
CLE @ ORL
CLE @ BOS

We expect three wins for Cleveland out of these five, with the losses likely to come against New York and at Boston.

Celtics - next 5 games

BOS @ PHI
BOS v NYK
BOS @ TOR
BOS @ DET
BOS v CLE

We see Boston winning four of these games, their loss will come in Detroit.

Knicks - next 5 games

NYK v CHI
NYK @ CLE
NYK @ BOS
NYK v PHI
NYK @ MEM

The Knicks have an insanely tough run of three games in little over 3 days, starting off at home against the Bulls (win), then a road game in Cleveland (win) and back to back a game in Boston (loss). Three wins is our forecast, the losses coming in Boston and Memphis.

Eastern Conference - Latest standings