BOSTON -- Celtics Nation may not be all that thrilled with how the team has fared thus far this season, but Vegas is still gung-ho on the Green Team when it comes to winning it all this season.
Despite having the fifth-best record in the East and ninth overall at 22-15, the Celtics are among the top teams expected to win an NBA championship this season, according to Bet Online. The site has the C's with the third-best odds (10-1) of winning it all this season.
The only teams with better odds are two-time defending champion Golden State (2-3) and the Toronto Raptors (8-1), who have spent a good chunk of this season with the best record in the NBA.
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The Warriors have the third-best record in the West at 25-14 and are sixth overall while the Raptors (28-12) have the second-best record in the East and are second overall to the Milwaukee Bucks (26-10), who despite that record, are given the fifth-best odds, at 14-1, of hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy.