Bettors heavily assist favored Lakers to design shut title

The Los Angeles Lakers will tip off their season as the consensus favorites to design shut a 2d straight NBA championship. And the having a wager public is on board.

Extra money has been wager on the Lakers to design shut the title than has been wager on every other team combined at William Hill sportsbooks. The Lakers tale for a whopping 60% of total greenbacks which were wagered on William Hill’s championship odds.

The Lakers are listed as the favorites at 11-4, followed by the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks, who’re every 5-1. The LA Clippers, at 6-1, are the finest other team with single-digit odds at William Hill sportsbooks.

The following tier of title contenders, according to oddsmakers, contains the Boston Celtics (12-1), Miami Heat (16-1), Dallas Mavericks (20-1), Toronto Raptors (20-1), Philadelphia 76ers (20-1) and Denver Nuggets (20-1). However bets on any individual rather than the Lakers are tough to reach by.

“The money has been coming in [on the Lakers], a each day circulate of assist for them,” Jeff Sherman, vice chairman of risk management for the SuperBook at Westgate Las Vegas, advised ESPN. “We’re at 11-4 correct now and soundless getting a entire lot of assist at that number, too.”

The Lakers have attracted 5 times as great money as the Nets, the 2d-most-heavily-wager team at William Hill. The 2 greatest futures bets — $20,000 and $10,000 — placed at William Hill are both on the Lakers.

The Lakers commence their season Tuesday evening against the Clippers. The Lakers, who enter the season having been favored in 24 consecutive video games, are 3-point favorites.