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The early NBA playoffs of the Lakers leave a blow to bet the public

In the playoffs there was more money on the Los Angeles Lakers to win the final than any other team with several sports books. This money will stay in the house.

The Lakers bowed from the NBA playoffs on Wednesday and lost in a series with five games against the Minnesota Timberwolves. They were almost -200 favorites to defeat the Timberwolves and attracted one -sided support from beders to win the series. Lakers in six games was the most popular betting option in the ESPN Bet series.

The Lakers were a hot bet throughout the season, and the campaign at Sportswaken rose considerably after trading in the in -season against Luka Doncic.

After the blockbuster trade, the title rates of the Lakers voted from 40-1 to 13-1 in some sports goods when the campaign went into the revised list in sportsbooks. ESPN Bet said that the day after the start of the season, more NBA Futures bets were placed the day after the Doncic trade (February 2). Almost 50% of all bets were on the Lakers.

The betting support continued throughout the regular season, and when the playoffs tipped off, more than a quarter of the money betting on the sports system Feldel's chances of winning the final were on the Lakers. Los Angeles had the second world's chances of winning the Western Conference behind the Thunder von Oklahoma City and was strongly gained in the final. The largest final bet on BetmGM was $ 100,000 at the Lakers at $ 10-1.

From Thursday, the Donner remained the favorites to win the final listed at ESPN Bet +140, followed by the Boston Celtics (+195) and the Cleveland Cavaliers (+500). The Timberwolves were 20-1 to win the final.BR/]

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