2024 NBA Eastern Conference Odds - NBA Betting Lines

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The Boston Celtics were the most dominant team in the Eastern Conference during the 2023-24 NBA season and they ended up winning the Eastern Conference title, sweeping away the Indiana Pacers in four straight games in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Celtics had the best record in the league and they finished a ridiculous 14 games in front of the 2nd place New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics were led by the duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown and the team also had a lot of depth. Boston was favored to win the Eastern Conference at the beginning of the 2023-2024 season and held the favorite’s role throughout the regular season and through the Eastern Conference Playoffs. The Indiana Pacers finished as the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference but they took out the Milwaukee Bucks in six games in the first round and got past the New York Knicks in seven games in the conference semifinals. The Pacers run ended in the Eastern Conference Finals, as they were no match for the Celtics.

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2024 NBA Finals

1. Boston Celtics vs. (5) Dallas Mavericks

Boston Celtics vs. Dallas Mavericks

Game 1: Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics, Thursday, June 6 (8:30 PM ET, ESPN)

Game 2: Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics, Sunday, June 9 (8:00 PM ET, ESPN)

Game 3: Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks, Wednesday, June 12 (8:30 PM ET, ABC)

Game 4: Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks, Friday, June 14 (8:30 PM ET, ESPN)

Game 5:* Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics, Monday, June 17 (8:30 PM ET, ESPN)

Game 6:* Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks, Thursday, June 20 (8:30 PM ET, ESPN)

Game 7:* Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics, Sunday, June 23 (8:00 PM ET, ESPN)

* If necessary

The Celtics went 64-18 SU and 41-36-5 in the regular season with 42 games going over the total and 38 going under. The Celtics averaged 120.6 points per game this season, 2nd in the NBA and they gave up just 109.2 points per game, 5th in the league. Jayson Tatum led the team at 26.5 points per game and 8.3 rebounds per game, while Derrick White led the team with 5 assists per game.

Conference Winners (2000)

There has not been a repeat champion in the Eastern Conference since LeBron James took the Cleveland Cavaliers to four straight NBA Finals with the help of Kyrie Irving. Cleveland won the NBA Finals in 2016, ending decades of futility among the city’s professional sports teams by beating the Golden State Warriors.

That came after James and Dwyane Wade led the Miami Heat to four straight Eastern Conference titles from 2011 to 2014. James ended up playing in eight straight NBA Finals, and that success helped spur the wild player movement that has made the NBA offseason so interesting.

Five different franchises have won the last six Eastern Conference titles. Toronto and Milwaukee went on to win the NBA title, but the other four teams fell short, including the Miami Heat twice.

Conference Finals Results By Team

The Boston Celtics have been the most successful team in the Eastern Conference by a country mile. They put together one of the greatest runs we’ve seen in North American sports by winning 11 NBA Championships in 13 seasons, and the Celtics won the Eastern Division 12 times in that stretch. They had another great run in the 1980s, winning the Eastern Conference in four straight seasons from 1984 to 1987 with Larry Bird leading the way.

Philadelphia has claimed the second-most Eastern Conference titles, but the 76ers haven’t made it to the NBA Finals since Allen Iverson was in his prime. They are one of the oldest NBA franchises, as they were originally the Syracuse Nationals, and they made it to the NBA Finals three times in their first six seasons.

We have seen the New York Knicks claim eight Eastern Conference titles, but the Knicks have not won the conference since 1999, and their last NBA title came in 1973. They made the NBA Finals three straight seasons from 1951 to 1953, but they were unable to get past the great George Mikan and the Minneapolis Lakers.

Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six Eastern Conference titles and six NBA championships in the 1990s. The Bulls have only been able to reach the Eastern Conference Finals once since Jordan retired though, and that was the season where Derrick Rose was named the NBA MVP.

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