2024 NBA Finals Sports Betting Ideas and Strategies?

So, the Celtics won tonight and are up 3-0. Odds of Mavs pulling it off is now +2000 (implying $100 bet wins $2000).

Suppose you have a Celtics championship futures ticket you paid $100 for with a $1200 payout. Assuming you can place live bets in Vegas where odds are fluctuating throughout the games, what bets would you make moving forward to minimize risk/maximize reward?

 

One of the ideas I had:

1. Put a $200 bet on the Mavs to win it all for a $4k payout.

- If Celtics win Game 4, I win $1000. If they lose, it goes on.
But during the game, I would look for Dallas leads where there could be +500 (or more) opportunities for a Celtics win with a $100 bet. For Example, if the Mavs are leading by 10 in the 4th, it could take $100 bet to win $500 if the Celtics win. I would come out up $1500 with a Celtics win.

-If Celtics win Game 5, I win $1000. -$minus small bets placed in Game 4. If they lose, it goes on.

-If Celtics wing Game 6, I win $1000 (minus any small bets I place on Celtics in between).


-If it goes to Game 7 in Boston, I’ll have to hope for even money (or better) opportunities during the game to place a $2k bet. If this bet could be executed, doesn’t matter who wins, I’ll come out on top. If Celtics win, I’m up $3k. If Mavs win, I’m up $2k.


Thoughts?

 

When the Celtics were up 20+ points early in the 4th, there was a live bet where $100 paid out $2200-2500 if the Mavs won the game. I had a buddy in Vegas place 2 $100 bets for me for a total payout of $4700 had the Mavs won.

Those who watched the game know the Mavs came back and were down by 1 with a few min left. So close .


These would be the type of live bets I would hunt for with a decent multiplier … 5x+.




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