{"id":1394,"date":"2008-04-18T16:50:43","date_gmt":"2008-04-18T21:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/nba-playoff-betting-odds-eastern-conference\/"},"modified":"2008-04-18T16:50:43","modified_gmt":"2008-04-18T21:50:43","slug":"nba-playoff-betting-odds-eastern-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/nba-playoff-betting-odds-eastern-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoff Betting Odds, Eastern Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The Boston Celtics are overwhelming favorites to win the<br \/>\nNBA championship according to the latest Vegas betting odds as well as the more<br \/>\naccurate <a href=\"http:\/\/offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=37\">offshore<br \/>\nbetting line<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Curt Thomas is Chief NBA Analyst for GodsTips of <b\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='color:blue'><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/b>. He<br \/>\nis also the only full-time NBA handicapper in sports betting. The fact <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nis the favorite is no surprise, but Thomas expressed shock at how relatively<br \/>\nlittle respect <st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> gets at 9\/4.\n<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>\u201cWith Richard Hamilton, Antonio <span class=SpellE>MyDyess<\/span>,<br \/>\nChauncey <span class=SpellE>Billips<\/span>, Richard Hamilton, and <span\nclass=SpellE>Tayshaun<\/span> Prince, the Pistons are the better team (than<br \/>\nBoston) from top to bottom,\u201d says Thomas, though conceding that Boston\u2019s Paul<br \/>\nPierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen are the \u201cleague\u2019s best threesome.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Last year\u2019s conference titlist Cleveland is next at 9\/1,<br \/>\ntied with <st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, even though the<br \/>\nMagic finished a full seven games ahead of the Cavs in the standings. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Explains Grandmaster <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">sports handicapper<\/a> Joe Duffy, \u201cWe<br \/>\nlook back no further than last year to see that LeBron James can carry the<br \/>\nCavaliers, plus the blockbuster mid-season trade in which they got Ben Wallace<br \/>\nshould pay off.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>At 25\/1 <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nis given little chance, but they at not as big of a dark horse as the Toronto<br \/>\nRaptors at 30\/1 or the <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\n76ers at 50\/1. Coming up the rear are the Atlanta Hawks at 75\/1. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>\u201cAthletic teams like <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\ngive <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> trouble,\u201d warns <span\nclass=GramE>Cy<\/span> McCormick of the online betting syndicate <span\nstyle='color:black'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterlockline.com\/\"><span\nstyle='color:black'>MasterLockLine.com<\/span><\/a> <\/span><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtics are overwhelming favorites to win the NBA championship according to the latest Vegas betting odds as well as the more accurate offshore betting line. Curt Thomas is Chief NBA Analyst for GodsTips of OffshoreInsiders.com. He is also the only full-time NBA handicapper in sports betting. The fact Boston is the favorite is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/nba-playoff-betting-odds-eastern-conference\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NBA Playoff Betting Odds, Eastern Conference<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}