Cavs on Verge of Elimination Tuesday Night Come Into Game Against Pacers as -7.5 Home Court Favorites

After a ridiculously boring first weekend of the NBA Playoffs, the games and series have been tremendous of late.  Granted, neither Boston or Cleveland are living up to expectations.  Both are on the verge of elimination.

In fact , the three best teams (by record) are all either losing or tied in their series.  The Timberwolves (49-33) did leap over Golden State (48-34) with their win Monday night. 

Blasphemous to say, but do we actually have parity now in the NBA?

NBA round 2 series lines are subject to change.

The Cavs come into Tuesday night's game as a -7.5 favorite after opening at -8.

The Pacers defeated the Cavaliers 129-109 in the last matchup on Monday. Pascal Siakam led the Pacers with 21 points, and Darius Garland led the Cavaliers with 21.

The Nuggets-Thunder series is all tied up at 2-2.   These teams meet again Tuesday night with Denver seeing greater than 75% of the action as a +10.5 road dog.  The books have barely budged as of Tuesday morning, though DraftKings was sitting on Oklahoma City -10 throughout the overnight hours and into the morning.

Here were your odds coming into Monday night:

Indiana Pacers vs Cleveland Cavaliers

Indiana Pacers                             -310

Cleveland Cavaliers                     +250

Note: Series odds opened Cavs -500 and Pacers +385. Current odds give the Pacers a 75.6% likelihood of winning the series.

New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics

New York Knicks                          +250

Boston Celtics                              -310

Note: Series odds opened Celtics -750 and Knicks +535. Current odds give the Celtics a 75.6% likelihood of winning the series.

Denver Nuggets vs Oklahoma City Thunder

Denver Nuggets                           +465

Oklahoma City Thunder              -635

Note: Series odds opened Thunder -660 and Nuggets +480. Current odds give the Thunder an 86.4% likelihood of winning the series.

Golden State Warriors vs Minnesota Timberwolves

Golden State Warriors                 +520

Minnesota Timberwolves             -725

Note: Odds opened Sunday night with the Warriors +150 and the Wolves -170. Current odds give the Wolves an 87,9% likelihood of winning the series.

NBA Title Odds:                               https://www.betonline.ag/sportsbook/futures-and-props/nba-futures/championship                     

NBA Conference Odds                    https://www.betonline.ag/sportsbook/futures-and-props/nba-futures/conference-futures