2010-11 NBA Betting Preview

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They are calling it the "most anticipated season ever" in NBA betting. Following an offseason that saw LeBron James and Chris Bosh relocate to South Beach, we are left to ponder regardless of whether or not the power structure has tipped to the Eastern Conference. Out West, you have the two-time defending champion LA Lakers, who are the overwhelming favorite to at least repeat as conference champs, currently at five/6 betting odds to win the conference. In the East, you have Miami favored at two/3 betting odds, followed by Boston at 9/2 and Orlando at 11/two. As opposed to the other major pro sports, there is often little surprise with who ends up winning the NBA Title, so look for this year's champion to come out of that quartet.

The Miami Heat have the highest projected NBA future odds that we've observed in a large number of years with the oddsmakers calling for 64.five common season wins. Playing with a chip on their shoulder, they'll finish with the greatest regular season record. Save your self the $7.95 it expenses to acquire a magazine and the time it takes to peruse the net and just take it from us that just about every credible outlet of NBA experts will have the Heat, Magic, Celtics and the Bulls as their leading 4 teams in the East with the latter two winning their divisions by a wide margin. Milwaukee and Atlanta, quite possibly in that order, will finish in the 5 and six spots. The chase for the final two spots is wide open and it may well not take a.500 record to finish that high. We'll go with the new look Knicks (if not now for the playoffs, then when?) and the Bobcats (with Jordan running the team from the 18th green) to round out the playoff picture. Miami will win this conference.

Out West, there is a tremendous margin between the Lakers and everyone else. Then, the margin among about eight or nine teams is incredibly minimal, in all probability just a few games. Therefore, you will quite possibly have a repeat of last season when the distinction between the #2 and #8 seed was just five games. Oklahoma City is the trendy choose to finish second and win the Northwest Division and we like the Thunder, even though don't appear for them to repeat last season's 51-37 ATS record (which includes playoffs) as they have now officially been dubbed a "public" team. Dallas gets a slight nod over San Antonio in the Southwest in a battle of two teams whose championship window has most likely closed. Can Portland lastly live up to its possible? Utah and Houston appear like safe bets to make it to the postseason. The final spot could go to any 1 of the following teams: Phoenix, New Orleans, Denver or possibly the up and coming Clippers.

So here's our cost-free NBA Finals Pick: Lakers over Heat.