Betting on the NBA Conference Finals, Props

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May/19/2009

The NBA Conference Finals are underway and betED.com has series odds and props available for basketball bettors.

betED.com NBA Series and Prop odds have LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers as a -625 favorite to win the Eastern Conference final against the Orlando Magic. The Magic are a +375 series underdog.

Cleveland and Orlando open the best-of-seven series in Cleveland Wednesday (8:30 pm ET, TNT).

In betED.com NBA Playoffs betting odds, the Cavaliers are a 9-point favorite in Game 1 and the over/under is at 185.

NBA Series and Prop odds also offer Exact Series Outcome lines, with a 4-1 or 4-3 series win for Cleveland both at +200.

A 4-2 Cleveland win is at +400 while a Cavs sweep is +425.

An Orlando sweep - aka, the unthinkable - is at +6000, a 4-1 Magic win at +2800, and a 4-3 win is +1100.

The most likely exact series result in favor of the Magic is 4-2 at +800.

Check out betED.com for NBA Series and Prop odds for the Western Conference final, which pits the Los Angeles Lakers against the Denver Nuggets.

The Magic eliminated the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics with a 101-82 win in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal in Boston Sunday.

Orlando was led by Hedo Turkoglu, who scored 10 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter and set a playoff career-high with 12 assists. Dwight Howard contributed 12 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks for the Magic, who will be making their first trip to the East finals since 1996, when they were swept by the eventual champion Chicago Bulls.

The Cavs, led by league MVP James, haven't lost yet in the playoffs following sweeps over Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks, and are a commanding 43-2 at Quicken Loans Arena.

The two teams have never met in the playoffs before but the Magic have dominated the Cavs in recent seasons, winning eight of the past 11 meetings, including two of three this past season.

 

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