Lakers vs Heat: NBA finals game 5 betting preview and tips
Anthony Davis is a favorite for MVP in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
Anthony Davis is a favorite for MVP in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
Odds courtesy of OddsShark.com No question that LeBron James is on the Mount Rushmore of NBA greats, but one thing he has never done is win an NBA Finals in a sweep.
The Lakers are set to do battle with the Miami Heat in the 2020 NBA Finals.
The Lakers are 5-point favorites for the game and -350 favorites to win the series. Miami is +275.
No team has ever rallied from down 3-0 to win an NBA playoff series. Then again, the Denver Nuggets have rallied from two 3-1 series deficits in this postseason.
The Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks and the Western Conference semifinal matchup between the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers had been tied together from the Orlando bubble in terms of both games playing on the same night.
The Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers finished with the top seeds in their respective conferences and had been the two favorites to win the NBA title essentially all season.
The restart tips off Thursday night with two games, and expect incredibly high betting action and television ratings as NBA fans have gone four months without basketball.
While the 2020 NBA postseason will feature the standard eight teams from each conference, the playoffs will be unlike any in history.
The NBA will resume its season at Disney World in Orlando on July 31 with 22 of the league's 30 teams.