2026 NBA Eastern Conference Betting - Basketball Lines

2026 NBA Eastern Conference Betting Online

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the 2025 NBA Playoffs was the downfall of the Boston Celtics. Boston was the defending NBA champion and the favorite to win a second consecutive NBA title in the future market. However, Boston was not at 100% physically, or perhaps more importantly, mentally. The Celtics carried a season-long championship hangover that hurt their betting value and frustrated gamblers. At the opening of the 2025-26 preseason future market, the Celtics are showing a sharp drop in public betting support. Instead, it is the New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers who are drawing the attention of gamblers. Cleveland is becoming a team that dominates the regular season but has not yet proven to be able to make a serious playoff run. Perhaps this is the year that will change. Meanwhile, the Knicks are coming off an appearance in the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals. Mike Brown replaced Tom Thibodeau in a controversial coaching change for New York, but gamblers are not being deterred. Perhaps the team offering the most value in the East is the Orlando Magic, who are coming off a strong offseason and quickly building a credible contender.

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Eastern 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.

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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