From the start of the season, the Boston Celtics have been the clear favourites to win the Eastern Conference and share the odds with the Denver Nuggets to win the championship. However, the Celtics can still be worth a wager in a number of futures markets even with such low odds. One of Boston’s superstars is now making a longshot bid for an individual award thanks to the team’s excellent play.
Though they are practically even money favourites to win the East, the Celtics should be the clear favourite given their calibre of play. With a seven-game advantage over the Cleveland Cavaliers in second place for the top seed in the conference, Boston owns the best record in the NBA. Should this be a regular-season wager, their odds of winning would be enormous. The Celtics will need to continue playing at a high level throughout the playoffs because this is a postseason honour, but they appear ready to do so.
The teams most likely to face the Celtics in the postseason at the start of the season were the Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia 76ers. The Bucks had made waves in the off-season by acquiring
The Celtics, meanwhile, have experienced far greater success in creating a cohesive unit with their significant offseason additions of Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday, complementing their playoff-proven nucleus of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, and Al Horford. They have the strongest inside scoring option since Tatum/Brown with Porzingis, and Holiday is an All-Star point guard with outstanding defence and strong floor management. The five-man combination of Tatum, Brown, Porzingis, Holiday, and White has outscored opponents by a staggering 12.1 points per 100 possessions, according to basketball-reference.
The Celtics have maintained their domination in their games against the best clubs in the Eastern Conference. They have a combined record of 6-1 versus the Bucks, Cavaliers, and Knicks, and a record of 16-5 against
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