Lakers hot favourites for NBA title
The new NBA season gets underway tomorrow with the LA Lakers installed as best price 5/2 favourites with Extrabet.
The Lakers have been busy in the off-season as the look to defend their current crown, adding the controversial character of former Houston Rocket Ron Artest – a man who is sure to add some steel to their defence (or should that be “D-Fence?”).
Artest certainly takes no prisoners, having been banned for a whopping 73 games for hitting a spectator, sentenced to 20 days in prison for domestic violence and ejected from two successive games whilst playing against the Lakers in a semi-finals series.
If he keeps himself on the court, his presence will allow the likes of Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom to do what they do best and many bookies are finding it hard to look past the Lakers in 2010.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are second favourites at 15/4 best price with BlueSQ and 888Sport whilst the Boston Celtics, a team that faltered to deceive in 2009 after winning the championship in 2008, can be had at a generous 5/1 with Stan James.
Next down the list is last season’s beaten finalists Orlando Magic at 10/1 whilst those fans who saw Chicago and Utah Jazz were seeing teams that are priced at 84/1 and 40/1 respectively.
Bottom of the pile are Sacramento and Milwakee, rank outsiders at 500/1.
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