The 2025 NBA playoffs are in full swing, and the final four teams are now set.
The Oklahoma City Thunder (-175) are now the odds-on title favorites at BetMGM, followed by the New York Knicks (+450), the Minnesota Timberwolves (+500) and the Indiana Pacers (+800).
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Oklahoma City is a massive -350 favorite against Minnesota in the Western Conference Finals, the largest favorite the franchise has ever been in a conference finals series. In the East, the Knicks are -155 series favorites, which is only the second time in the past 50 years that the franchise has been favored in a conference finals series.
Whereas public betting may waver at times during the NBA season because of all the injuries and load management, the playoffs are a big betting event, Thomas Gable, sportsbook director at the Borgata in Atlantic City — a BetMGM book — told Yahoo Sports.
“From a betting perspective, the handle is very good,” Gable said. “The NBA suffers from the way that they handle the day-to-day season with players resting, and I think a lot of the recreational players have phased out of the NBA because of that. But the playoffs are a totally different story.”
Here are the updated series prices for the 2025 NBA playoffs from BetMGM:
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Conference finals series prices
No. 4 Indiana Pacers (+130) vs. No. 3 New York Knicks (-155)
No. 6 Minnesota Timberwolves (+280) vs. No. 1 Oklahoma City Thunder (-350)
Round 2 series prices
Eastern Conference
No. 4 Indiana Pacers (-325) vs. No. 1 Cleveland Cavaliers (+260)
Indiana wins 4-1
No. 3 New York Knicks (-275) vs. No. 2 Boston Celtics (+225)
New York up 3-2
Western Conference
No. 4 Denver Nuggets (+240) vs. No. 1 Oklahoma City Thunder (-325)
Oklahoma City wins 4-3
No. 7 Golden State Warriors (+1600) vs. No. 6 Minnesota Timberwolves (-5000)
Minnesota wins 4-1
Round 1 series opening prices
Eastern Conference
No. 8 Miami Heat (12-1) vs. No. 1 Cleveland Cavaliers (-2500)
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Cleveland wins 4-0
No. 7 Orlando Magic (16-1) vs. No. 2 Boston Celtics (-5000)
Boston wins 4-1
No. 6 Detroit Pistons (+325) vs. No. 3 New York Knicks (-425)
New York wins 4-2
No. 5 Milwaukee Bucks (+165) vs. No. 4 Indiana Pacers (-200)
Indiana wins 4-1
Western Conference
No. 8 Memphis Grizzlies (10-1) vs. No. 1 Oklahoma City Thunder (-2000)
Oklahoma City wins 4-0
No. 7 Golden State Warriors (-165) vs. No. 2 Houston Rockets (+140)
Golden State wins 4-3
No. 6 Minnesota Timberwolves (+165) vs. No. 3 Los Angeles Lakers (-200)
Minnesota wins 4-1
No. 5 Los Angeles Clippers (-115) vs. No. 4 Denver Nuggets (-105)
Denver wins 4-3
