Many were surprised that LeBron James and his Cavs were listed as the 2-1 underdog to the Warriors when odds for the NBA Finals were first posted.
What’s even more surprising are some of the crazy propositional bets.
A sampling from SportsBettingDime.com:
Odds of …
Golden State winning in 4 – 18/1
Golden State winning in 5 – 21/5
Golden State winning in 6 – 18/7
Golden State winning in 7 – 33/7
Cleveland winning in 4 – 100/1
Cleveland winning in 5 – 20/1
Cleveland winning in 6 – 9/1
Cleveland winning in 7 – 6/1
Odds to win the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Award:
Steph Curry – 2/3
LeBron James – 2/1
FIELD – 12/1
Odds of receiving the first technical foul of the 2015 NBA Finals:
Draymond Green – 5/2
Matthew Dellevadova – 5/1
Steve Kerr – 7/1
JR Smith – 15/2
Timofey Mozgov – 10/1
LeBron James – 23/2
David Blatt – 16/1
FIELD – 11/2
Odds of receiving the first technical foul as a result of an altercation with Matthew Dellavedova in the 2015 NBA Finals:
Draymond Green – 6/5
Shaun Livingston – 11/2
Steph Curry – 15/2
Andre Iguodala – 9/1
Klay Thompson – 13/1
Festus Ezeli – 27/2
Andrew Bogut – 30/1
Harrison Barnes – 99/1
Odds on which ABC broadcaster will be the first to address Matthew Dellavedova as a “Dirty Player”:
Sage Steele – 1/1
Doug Collins – 4/1
Jalen Rose – 17/3
Mike Breen – 10/1
Jeff Van Gundy – 19/1
Lisa Salters – 75/1
Heather Cox – 100/1
Doris Burke – 125/1
Odds LeBron James will wear a headband at some point during the 2015 NBA Finals:
Headband – 3/1
No Headband – 4/11
Odds Joey Crawford falls while refereeing the 2015 NBA Finals:
Fall – 33/1
No Fall – 1/33
Odds of which celebrity fan attends the most 2015 NBA Finals games:
Usher – 3/2
Drake – 3/2
Jessica Alba – 7/2
Odds of which player Jalen Rose will say “Keep gettin’ dem checks” about:
David Lee – 1/1
Brendan Haywood – 3/1
Mike Miller – 12/1
Shawn Marion – 12/1
Kendrick Perkins – 20/1
