NBA In-Season Tournament Odds
By Sascha Paruk
Updated:
- The NBA will run its inaugural In-Season Tournament in 2023
- Futures odds to win the NBA In-Season Tournament are out, as are odds to win each group
- See the NBA In-Season Tournament odds for all 30 teams to win the title and their five-team group
The NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament will take place from November 3 to December 9, 2023, culminating with the championship game at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. With all games except the championship also counting towards teams’ 82-game regular-season record, the favorites to win the In-Season Tournament largely align with the favorites to win the NBA title.
The graph below displays the odds to win the In-Season Tournament. Further down the page, find odds to win the various groups (along with group alignment) and an explanation of the format and schedule.
NBA In-Season Tournament Odds
The Celtics, Bucks, Nuggets, and Suns are the top-four favorites in the early In-Season Tournament odds, which perfectly aligns with the top-four favorites in the NBA championship odds. After those four, there’s some discrepancy. Cleveland is the fifth-favorite in the In-Season Tournament odds, largely because they are perceived to reside in the weakest group.
NBA In-Season Tournament 2023 Favorites
| Team | Moneyline |
|---|---|
| Milwaukee Bucks | +950 |
| Boston Celtics | +950 |
| Phoenix Suns | +1100 |
| Denver Nuggets | +1300 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | +1300 |
| Golden State Warriors | +1400 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | +1400 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | +1400 |
| Sacramento Kings | +1700 |
| New York Knicks | +2400 |
| Atlanta Hawks | +2400 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | +2400 |
| OKC Thunder | +2400 |
| Dallas Mavericks | +2400 |
| Miami Heat | +2400 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | +2400 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | +3100 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | +3700 |
| Orlando Magic | +3800 |
| Indiana Pacers | +3800 |
| Brooklyn Nets | +3800 |
| Chicago Bulls | +3800 |
| Toronto Raptors | +4500 |
| Utah Jazz | +4500 |
| Houston Rockets | +5000 |
| San Antonio Spurs | +7000 |
| Charlotte Hornets | +7000 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | +8500 |
| Washington Wizards | +10000 |
| Detroit Pistons | +10000 |
Odds as of Oct. 17, 2023, at FanDuel. Claim a FanDuel promo code to bet on the NBA.
How Does the NBA In-Season Tournament Work?
The In-Season Tournament features six five-team groups split into east and west. The conferences are the same as the usual NBA Eastern and Western Conferences, but the groups are shaken-up compared to the six divisions fans are used to seeing. Each team plays the each other team in its group once during group play. All teams play two home and two away games in group play.
Only four teams from each conference advance to the knockout stage: all three groups winners plus the non-group winner with the best record (point differential will be the first tiebreaker if second-place teams from different groups are tied for best non-group winner record). The teams with the better group-play records will host the four quarterfinals and two semifinals. The championship game – which is the only In-Season Tournament game that won’t count towards teams’ regular-season records – will take place in Las Vegas.
The table below sets out the six groups for the group-play stage, along with each team’s odds to win their group.
NBA In-Season Tournament Group Odds 2023
| East Group A | Odds |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia 76ers | +195 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | +220 |
| Atlanta Hawks | +320 |
| Indiana Pacers | +600 |
| Detroit Pistons | +900 |
| East Group B | Odds |
| Milwaukee Bucks | +155 |
| Miami Heat | +205 |
| New York Knicks | +350 |
| Charlotte Hornets | +900 |
| Washington Wizards | +1100 |
| East Group C | Odds |
| Boston Celtics | -105 |
| Toronto Raptors | +450 |
| Brooklyn Nets | +550 |
| Orlando Magic | +650 |
| Chicago Bulls | +650 |
| West Group A | Odds |
| Phoenix Suns | +135 |
| LA Lakers | +185 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | +475 |
| Utah Jazz | +850 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | +1300 |
| West Group B | Odds |
| Denver Nuggets | +160 |
| Dallas Mavericks | +300 |
| LA Clippers | +350 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | +425 |
| Houston Rockets | +1200 |
| West Group C | Odds |
| Golden State Warriors | +160 |
| Sacramento Kings | +340 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | +340 |
| OKC Thunder | +380 |
| San Antonio Spurs | +1100 |
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Sascha has been working in the sports-betting industry since 2014, and quickly paired his strong writing skills with a burgeoning knowledge of probability and statistics. He holds an undergraduate degree in linguistics and a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia.
