Vegas has new favorites to win it all. Guess who

[NBASupes]

Thanks to an incredible hot streak the Atlanta Hawks are now the 5/1 favorites to win the NBA Finals, according to the Westgate LV Superbook.

The Hawks are getting some serious respect thanks to winning 26 of their last 28 games straight up, going 24-4 against the spread during that run. They are currently in the midst of a 12 game winning streak, in which they have covered in each game.

The Golden State Warriors, the San Antonio Spurs and the Cleveland Cavaliers have the next best odds on the board at 6/1. The complete list of odds is below:

HAWKS 5/1
SPURS 6/1
WARRIORS 6/1
CAVALIERS 6/1
BULLS 7/1
THUNDER 12/1
CLIPPERS 12/1
MAVERICKS 12/1
GRIZZLIES 18/1
BLAZERS 18/1
RAPTORS 18/1
WIZARDS 20/1
ROCKETS 25/1 
SUNS 100/1
HEAT 100/1
PISTONS 100/1
BUCKS 200/1
HORNETS 200/1
PELICANS 200/1
NETS 300/1
PACERS 300/1
CELTICS 500/1
MAGIC 1000/1
NUGGETS 1000/1
JAZZ 9999/1
KINGS 9999/1
LAKERS 9999/1
76ERS 9999/1
KNICKS 9999/1
WOLVES 9999/1

 

http://www.covers.com/articles/articles.aspx?theArt=404806

 

[bird_dirt]

Well Vegas is wrong, just ask Alamar, Stephen A Smith, or Sir Charles.

[macdaddy]

What the hell?   Geez man i wouldn't even have given us the best odds of winning it all.   Maybe they're figuring we have an easier road to the finals than Golden State.   I guess we pretty much beat Portland easily so there you go.   WELL HELL YEAH.

 

Go Hawks!

[Guest]

Call it automatic Bang Bang Bang!!!

[DrReality]

Love this teams ability to stay focused and not be distracted by the hoopla

[Guest]

Well Vegas is wrong, just ask Alamar, Stephen A Smith, or Sir Charles.

 

I know, right.  Just ask the one who's gambling debts prolly built two casinos.  Vegas doesn't make a business of being wrong.

[Admin]

So who placed a bet on us when we were 5,000,000 to 1 odds before the season?

[capstone21]

9999/1 ... I think they give the Knicks too much of a chance

[enrique]

Love this teams ability to stay focused and not be distracted by the hoopla

This will be the challenge for the remainder of the season. We all can coast at times, develop an ego, and worse...I am hoping the Hawks soar above that same selfish garbage that has afflicted almost every professional sports team.

Go Hawks!!!!

[Gray Mule]

Since the Bulls have temporarily slipped off their pedestal @ ESPN,

Cleveland has moved up to their favorite to win the east.

 

Guess who our guest will be on Wednesday night?

[PSSSHHHRRR87]

ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIPS

[PSSSHHHRRR87]

[NBASupes]

So who placed a bet on us when we were 5,000,000 to 1 odds before the season?

I should have when I was in Vegas. 

[NBASupes]

100 dollars on 500/1 odds is 50k. Wow!

[Atlantaholic]

Hahaha.. stupid Vegas. Clearly they haven't seen the latest Beynsian-Regression, caca-poopoo, distance traveled derivitive power rankings over at ESPN. Criminal to mislead voters like this.

Edited January 21, 2015 by Atlantaholic

[Wretch]

I'm gonna go ahead and say that if there's any fear over talking about our title hopes...we need to get over it.  We're fans, this is our team, and right now, we're looking like the best team in the NBA.  Fans of other teams talk winning it all.  Hell some of them act like they're entitled to it...regardless of their record.  I've listened to bandwagon fans go on about the Bulls, Celtics, Heat, Knick, and Lakers for 30 damn years.  It's time we had our turn.  

 

Who knows what'll happen in the next 2-3 years?  You never know when things will click like this again.  I'm not going to talk about [the other the thing that we REALLY don't want to jinx!], but I'm putting my hopes on a Finals appearance.

 

Fuggit. lol

[Guest]

So who placed a bet on us when we were 5,000,000 to 1 odds before the season?

I placed a bet on the o/u win total of Hawks at 42 games, so I'm golden there.

But I believe @JETSET placed a bet for us on the o/u, us winning the division, us winning the conference as well as Bud being coach of the year. I'm not sure if he did the championship bet but jet is sittin pretty right now.

I usually just bet the over on us in recent history and its paid dividends but I wish I had placed on us for a few more categories this year. I knew we would be better than 42 games, I believe @JayBirdHawk and I said 51...actually she said 51, I said 50 wins. Either way, it's lookin good this far.

[JETSET]

I placed a bet on the o/u win total of Hawks at 42 games, so I'm golden there.

But I believe @JETSET placed a bet for us on the o/u, us winning the division, us winning the conference as well as Bud being coach of the year. I'm not sure if he did the championship bet but jet is sittin pretty right now.

I usually just bet the over on us in recent history and its paid dividends but I wish I had placed on us for a few more categories this year. I knew we would be better than 42 games, I believe @JayBirdHawk and I said 51...actually she said 51, I said 50 wins. Either way, it's lookin good this far.

I tried to talk you in to it.  Should've listened.  Especially on that Coach Bud to win Coach of the year at 250/1.

[Guest]

I tried to talk you in to it. Should've listened. Especially on that Coach Bud to win Coach of the year at 250/1.

Ya no kidding..:-( I'm very happy for you though and I hope you make it rain somewhere in the world with your wad o cash :-)

[Guest]

Can't recall where I saw this, but Brian Windbag Windhorst said that the Bulls and Cavs are the Vegas favs!

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12197528/nba-why-chicago-bulls-cleveland-cavaliers-favorites-east-finals

CLEVELAND -- Back in October, the Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers were the Vegas favorites to play in the Eastern Conference finals. Today the professional handicappers still say they're the favorites.

Even with the Atlanta Hawks winning 27 of 29 games. Even with the Washington Wizards' killer backcourt and frontcourt depth. Even with the Toronto Raptors' historic first two months that expanded their horizons. Even with the Bulls and Cavs in those teams' rear view.

And it isn't just the oddsmakers. Many people who work in the NBA and study this all day, every day, believe -- at least in varying degrees -- that by late May the conference finals will involve Chicago and Cleveland.

so....are you telling me that ESPN didn't do their research? Nah, no way dude. {/sarcasm}