By David Purdum, 2026-05-31 23:47:25
纽约在不被看好的尼克斯身上押下了重注。
在纽约的DraftKings体育博彩中，尼克斯吸引了本赛季NBA总冠军投注总额的近一半——几乎相当于其他所有球队的总和。
现在，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 和更被看好的圣安东尼奥马刺是他们夺冠路上仅剩的阻碍。周六晚上，马刺作为夺冠热门开出了高达-220的赔率，而尼克斯作为下风方的赔率则在+180左右。赔率很快向得到了充分休息的尼克斯倾斜，截至周日上午，马刺作为热门的赔率已降至-200。
“不出所料，尼克斯在纽约受到了极大的追捧，无论是单场比赛还是夺冠未来市场，其投注额都超过了其他任何一个州，”凯撒体育博彩 (Caesars Sportsbook) 首席NBA交易员戴维·利伯曼 (David Lieberman) 告诉ESPN。他补充道，在博彩公司的夺冠未来市场中，尼克斯和马刺对庄家来说都是存在赔付风险的球队。
纽约在过去两轮季后赛中均横扫对手，目前已取得11连胜。自周一以来，尼克斯就没有打过比赛。当他们于周三在圣安东尼奥与马刺进行总决赛首战时，他们将拥有长达八天的休息时间。
马刺在经历了一场与俄克拉荷马城雷霆的激烈七场大战后艰难晋级总决赛，他们在首战中被看好，开出了让4.5分的盘口。
根据ESPN的数据统计，这是总决赛历史上第九次出现“前一轮横扫晋级的球队”对阵“前一轮打满七场晋级的球队”。在此前的八次对决中，横扫晋级的球队取得了5胜3负的战绩。
本赛季，两支球队在各大体育博彩公司都受到了热捧。根据历史数据网站SportsOddsHistory.com的记录，马刺在赛季开始前在DraftKings体育博彩的夺冠赔率为1赔65，如果他们最终夺冠，将成为至少近40个赛季以来，赛季前最不被看好的夺冠球队。
尼克斯在赛季开始时的夺冠赔率为1赔10，在起伏不定的常规赛期间，他们的夺冠赔率一度升至1赔19。在季后赛首轮与亚特兰大老鹰陷入苦战时，他们的夺冠赔率曾短暂达到1赔35。
上个月荣膺NBA年度最佳防守球员（DPOY）的文班亚马，在DraftKings体育博彩中以-185的赔率成为总决赛MVP的最热门人选。根据ESPN的数据统计，自1983年设立年度最佳防守球员奖项以来，唯一一位在同一赛季包揽该奖项和总决赛MVP的球员是1994年的哈基姆·奥拉朱旺 (Hakeem Olajuwon)。
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Bettors heavily invested in Knicks to win NBA Finals
New York has a lot riding on the underdog Knicks.
At DraftKings Sportsbook in New York, the Knicks have attracted nearly half of all money wagered on the NBA Finals winner this season – almost as much as every other team combined.
Now, Victor Wembanyama and the favored San Antonio Spurs are all that stand in the way. On Saturday night, the Spurs opened as high as -220 favorites to win the Finals, with the Knicks installed as approximately +180 underdogs. The price quickly gravitated toward the rested Knicks, and as of Sunday morning, the Spurs were down to -200 favorites.
“Knicks are unsurprisingly very heavily bet on in New York, more so than any other state, both per game and in the futures,” Caesars Sportsbook lead NBA trader David Lieberman told ESPN, adding that both the Knicks and Spurs are liabilities for the house in the book’s futures market.
New York swept its last two playoff series and has won 11 straight games. The Knicks haven’t played since Monday and will have had eight days off when they tip off against the Spurs on Wednesday in Game 1 of the Finals in San Antonio.
The Spurs, who survived an intense seven-game series against the Oklahoma City Thunder to reach the Finals, are 4.5-point favorites in Game 1.
This is the ninth Finals matchup between a team that swept its previous series and an opponent that was forced to go seven games. The team coming off the sweep went 5-3 in the previous Finals matchups, according to ESPN Research.
Both teams were supported heavily at sportsbooks this season. The Spurs entered the season at 65-1 to win the title at DraftKings Sportsbook and would become the biggest preseason underdog to win the title in at least 40 seasons, according to archive SportsOddsHistory.com.
The Knicks began the season at 10-1 and saw their championship odds drift to as long as 19-1 during an up-and-down regular season. They reached 35-1 briefly in the postseason, as they struggled with the Atlanta Hawks in their first-round playoff series.
Wembanyama, who last month was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year, is a -185 favorite to be named Finals MVP at DraftKings Sportsbook. Since the DPOY was first awarded in 1983, the only player to win that award and Finals MVP in the same season was Hakeem Olajuwon in 1994, according to ESPN Research.
By David Purdum, via ESPN