{"id":18875,"date":"2022-04-11T13:14:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T18:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=18875"},"modified":"2022-04-11T13:14:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T18:14:59","slug":"nba-playoff-odds-set-warriors-a-long-shot-embiid-not-mvp-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/nba-playoff-odds-set-warriors-a-long-shot-embiid-not-mvp-favorite\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoff Odds Set, Warriors a Long Shot; Embiid Not MVP Favorite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The NBA Playoffs get underway tomorrow with the first play-in tournament game between the Cavaliers and Nets.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The field of 16 teams officially begins Saturday, and one team is a clear-cut favorite to capture its first championship, at least according to Vegas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below, you can see NBA odds for the play-in games, the playoffs, conference championships and the Finals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/record.commissionkings.ag\/_ejy4onLiLhHT2Fu8bIPGIGNd7ZgqdRLk\/1\/\">SportsBetting<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;also has the adjusted MVP and Rookie of the Year odds. 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Below, you can see NBA odds for the play-in games, the playoffs, conference &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/nba-playoff-odds-set-warriors-a-long-shot-embiid-not-mvp-favorite\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NBA Playoff Odds Set, Warriors a Long Shot; Embiid Not MVP Favorite<\/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":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18875","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=18875"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18877,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18875\/revisions\/18877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}