NBA Finals Series Odds - Magic vs Lakers Series Odds |
| Written by Jamal Gordon | ||
| Wednesday, 03 June 2009 10:29 | ||
The Orlando Magic were able to pull off thrilling defeats against the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2009 playoffs and will need just as much “thrill” to beat Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers in NBA finals series odds. It has been 14 long years since the Magic have visited the finals with Shaq while the Lakers fell in 6 games to the Celtics during last year’s NBA finals series odds. The Magic do have history on their side though, even if it is only for this year. Orlando won the regular season series against the Lakers 2-0 with a 106-103 win in Orlando on Dec. 20th and a 109-103 win in Los Angeles on Jan 16th. The Magic have been averaging 98.5 points per game on their way to the finals after dispatching of the 76ers 4-2 in first round NBA series odds, the Celtics 4-3 and the Cavaliers 4-2. Can't find the game on TV? Watch the Magic at Lakers NBA Finals series online for free with TNT and Vegas Sports Odds! Sign in with your Facebook, Twitter or MySpace account and cheer your team to the NBA Finals.
NBA finals series odds at Sportsbook.com have the Lakers -260 favorites against the Magic +210 with a total of 5.5 OVER -240 in the best of 7 games for the 2009 NBA finals. If it wasn’t for foul trouble, Dwight Howard would seem to be, well… yes Superman, averaging 21.7 points a game with 15.4 rebounds and 2.2 blocks during the 2009 NBA playoffs. "This is to get to The Finals. And he was incredible. I thought he did a lot of great things today, but I thought that he protected the basket and defended and didn't worry about what was going to happen on calls.” Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said after clinching the Eastern Conference title from the Cavaliers. NBA finals series odds at Sportsbook.com have the average points for Dwight Howard at 23.5 UNDER -135 and 15.5 rebounds UNDER -120 in NBA finals series props. Howard is also listed as +300 in NBA finals odds to win the MVP award. Can't find the game on TV? Watch the Magic at Lakers NBA Finals series online for free with TNT and Vegas Sports Odds! Sign in with your Facebook, Twitter or MySpace account and cheer your team to the NBA Finals. "If we go hard for 48 minutes every game, at the end of the Finals we should have a ring. We should have a trophy," Howard said. The 2008 MVP Kobe Bryant is averaging 29.6 points per game in the playoffs with 5.3 rebounds and will pose a similar threat as LeBron James in the conference finals. "Now we're in a place where we didn't get the job accomplished last year," Bryant said. "Hopefully we will this time." NBA finals series odds at Sportsbook.com have the average points for Kobe Bryant at 31.5 UNDER -130 and also have him favored to win the 2009 NBA finals MVP award at -300.
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