For at least a few hours on Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Lakers are the favorites to win the NBA Championship for the first time since 2021.
At PointsBet as of 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the Lakers are +325 favorites to win the title. That's on account of the Boston Celtics' loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, which puts Boston in a 3-2 hole and forced into a grueling Game 6 in Philadelphia on Thursday.
The Celtics had been the odds-on favorite to win it all.
The Lakers' odds won't last, of course. Once the winner for Game 5 between the Nuggets and Suns is finalized, that team is likely to leapfrog the Lakers in the odds leaderboard.