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Updated NBA Championship Odds for Thunder, Knicks, Timberwolves, Pacers Heading Into Conference Finals

Sascha Paruk

By Sascha Paruk in NBA Basketball

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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dribbling up the court
May 15, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) dribbles the ball up court in the second quarter against the Denver Nuggets during game six of the second round for the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images
  • The Thunder and Timberwolves will meet in the Western Conference final while the Knicks and Pacers meet in the East
  • The Thunder are odds-on favorites to win their first-ever NBA championship
  • See the latest NBA title odds for the four remaining teams

It’s safe to say that few NBA playoff brackets had this quartet comprising the final four. Only one of the top-four teams survived the first two rounds, the NBA-best OKC Thunder, who will face the #6 Minnesota Timberwolves in the West final. In the East, the #3 New York Knicks will have home-court advantage over the #4 Indiana Pacers, who eliminated the Knicks in similar circumstances a year ago.

The updated NBA championship odds now that we’re officially down to four teams are as follows.

Updated NBA Championship Odds

TeamBetMGMCaesarsDraftKingsFanDuel
Thunder-168-155-150-165
Knicks+425+440+425+440
Timberwolves+550+550+550+600
Pacers+750+700+600+700

Every sportsbook has the teams ranked the same order – OKC, NYK, MIN, IND – though there are some variations in price. Most notably, Indiana is as short as +600 at DraftKings and as long as +750 at BetMGM.

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Odds as of 5:59 pm ET, May 18. See the latest news on Missouri sports betting apps before launch.

The best price on OKC at the moment is -150 at DK while BetMGM is the most bullish on the Thunder (-168).

Averaging the odds above and taking out the juice, sportsbooks currently give OKC a 56.84% chance to win, followed by New York in a distant second at 17.38%, Minnesota in third at 13.98%, and finally Indiana at just 11.81%.

For those keeping score at home, Caesars’ NBA futures currently have the lowest juice (7.18%) while BetMGM’s have the most (8.88%). FanDuel is 7.57% and DK is 8.72%.

Check out Sascha Paruk’s previews for both conference finals:

Whichever of the four teams eventually wins, a long drought is going to end for one fanbase. The Knicks’ last NBA championship came in 1973. The Thunder haven’t won since moving from Seattle in 2008. (The SuperSonics lone championship came in 1979.) The Pacers haven’t won since joining the NBA in 1976 (though they won three ABA titles from 1969-1971). And the Timberwolves have never even reached the NBA finals since their inception in 1989, though the powerhouse Minneapolis Lakers won five titles from 1949 to 1954 before moving to Los Angeles.

Bookmark SBD’s NBA odds page to see the latest betting lines for all games in the Eastern and Western Conference finals. The NBA public betting splits shows where bettors are putting their money on the spread, moneyline, and game total for each game in the NBA playoffs.

Sascha Paruk
Sascha Paruk

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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.

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