So far, the 2022 NBA Finals have not gone as most 18+ sports bettors expected.
For the first three games of the series, the Golden State Warriors – despite losing Game 1 to the Boston Celtics – have been the favorites in each contest.
They’d also been favored to win the 2022 NBA championship outright, with the most popular betting line suggesting that the Finals would conclude in six games.
But after Boston handily won Game 3 – and after Steph Curry went out in the fourth quarter of that contest with an apparent foot injury (his Game 4 status is currently TBA), basketball betting fans now have Boston as the clear favorite.
Here are the current NBA Finals odds at all the most trusted sports betting sites we recommend:
2022 NBA Finals Game 4 Odds
- Straight: Warriors +145, Celtics -170
- Spread: Celtics -4.0
- Over/Under: 214.5
- Straight: Warriors +148, Celtics -168
- Spread: Celtics -4.0
- Over/Under: 214.5
- Straight: Warriors +140, Celtics -170
- Spread: Celtics -4.0
- Over/Under: 214.5
- Straight: Warriors +148, Celtics -168
- Spread: Celtics -4.0
- Over/Under: 214.5
- Straight: Warriors +140, Celtics -170
- Spread: Celtics -4.0
- Over/Under: 214.5
The overall series odds – which, before Game 1, had the Warriors at -144 and the Celtics at +124 – are now almost completely reversed.
At most 18+ NBA sportsbooks, the Celtics are sitting at about -220 to win the 2022 NBA championship, while the Warriors are sitting at roughly +180.
The outliers – courtesy of sister sites MyBookie and Xbet – have the Celts at -125 and the Dubs at +103.
As such, if you want to maximize your NBA series prices wager and think Boston’s going to win, placing your bet at MyBookie or Xbet pays out substantially more that the other major books.
On the other hand, if you think the Warriors are going to pull off the upset, Bovada, BetOnline, or SportsBetting.AG are the better choices.
For all other wagers related to the Finals generally or Game 4 specifically (i.e. NBA player props, NBA team props, and so on), line shopping doesn’t appear to be all that important.
Bettors across all the major sites tend to agree on just about everything, with very little payout variance for any single basketball bet.
This stands in stark contrast to the dramatically different numbers we saw when comparing each sportsbook’s 2022 NBA Playoffs odds, and it suggests that the Warriors alleged return to glory after the Kevin Durant era might have been declared a bit prematurely by the mainstream sports media.
In the end, the bettors always know best.
