2025 NBA Championship Advertisements: Thunder, Celtics forecast for the final on the collision course for the final

Before the NBA playoffs started, the Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder were preferred to achieve the NBA final, and nothing has changed on this front. Both teams drove through the first round and are the clear favorites to get to the final.

Before the start of the series on Monday between The Thunder and Denver Nuggets, The Thunder Feastorite, who wins the first NBA championship of the Franchise, are. The thunder is +135 to win everything and a command of -220 to make it to the final. The Celtics, which are occupied by Cleveland's home night against Indiana by Cleveland's home loss against Indiana, are -155 to win the Eastern Conference, and +195 to claim the Larry O'Brien Trophy.

Cleveland was closer to the top favorites that entered the playoffs, but is a bit behind +600 behind. The Cavs blown Miami away in a four-game swey in the first round, but the loss on Sunday without Darius Garland has put Cleveland's status. Garland's return date is unclear. He has been traveling in game 2 against Miami on April 23 since the injured. Despite the 1-0 deficits of the series, the CAVs are still preferred (-210) to get past the Pacers.

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After Cleveland, the other five teams are all long recordings to win the title. Minnesota is fourth in the chances of winning at +1600. The Timberwolves, the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference, have upset themselves in just five games by taking out the Los Angeles Lakers. Minnesota gets 2 Home Court in round after the Golden State Warriors Houston switched off in game 7 on Sunday.

The Warriors have played better since trading in Jimmy Butler and have received more love in Future's chances, but are still outsiders against Minnesota. The Timberwolves are -180 to win this series while Golden State +150 is. Anthony Edwards against Stephen Curry is a high-quality NBA theater, even if no team is seen as a primary candidate to win everything.

The Pacers and Nuggets are next at +3500 to win the title. Denver came to the La Clippers in the first round, but it took seven games and the confidence in the Nuggets is not so high after Mike Malone's shooting was enveloped in the organization on April 8th. Even if Nikola Jokić gives the way and the championship experience for this core, Denver +550 is to reach Oklahoma City.

New York Knicks fans are certainly pleased that their team will win a playoff series for the third time in a row, but the Knicks are the longest long shots in front of their series against the Celtics. The Knicks are +6000 to win everything. The series against Detroit in the first round was hard and Boston is the defending champion. Regardless of what happens next, the Knicks have made the second round for three years in a row, which has been done since the Knicks from Patrick Ewing-era that has not been done for nine years from 1992 to 2000.

As for the final MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at +140 is the favorite. Jayson Tatum is next at +260 with Donovan Mitchell from Cleveland at +800. This list has nothing complicated or surprising. SGA could win the NBA MVP and is clearly the best player in the team who is currently preferred to win the title. With Tatum there is at least one chance that Jaylen Brown could get hot and the final MVP could win, but otherwise these chances usually have the title of their teams offset.

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