FROM KEITH GROLLER
The NBA Finals are finally ready to get started.
Those who love professional basketball will relish every minute; and those who despise it will hope for a sweep so ESPN will have something else to push until college football season rolls around.
Not surprisingly, Miami is a decisive favorite according to the Vegas oddsmakers. LeBron James is almost as clearcut a choice to win the MVP.
And while basketball's biggest stage has its moment, don't think Vegas is forgetting that the start of college is just 12 weeks from tonight. They have already identified 10 of the biggest games on the 2013 schedule and have come up with oldds for those games.
Here's a look courtesy of RJ Bell of Pregame.com.
NBA Title - Game One:
Miami favored by 5 points at home over San Antonio
Series Odds (updated after early betting)
Heat: $230 wins $100 (68% chance to win Title)
Spurs: $100 wins $200 (32% chance to win Title)
NBA Props:
Most Points scored by any player in Game One: over/under 35.5 points
Total Points + Rebounds + Assists from LeBron James in Game One: over/under 43.5
Largest lead by either team in Game One: over/under 16.5 points
Points averaged for entire series:
LeBron James: over/under 27.5 points
Tony Parker: over/under 22 points
Tim Duncan: over/under 17 points
Dwyane Wade: over/under 16.5
Chris Bosh: over/under 14.5 points
$33% chance LeBron James will record a Triple-Double at least one game ($100 wins $200)
Finals MVP:
LeBron James: $200 wins $100
Tony Parker: $100 wins $500
Tim Duncan: $100 wins $800
Dwyane Wade: $100 wins $900
Chris Bosh: $100 wins $2,000
Any Player Not Listed: $100 wins $1,000
Heat sweep series: $100 wins $500
Spurs sweep series: $100 wins $2500
College Football
(First Lines in the World, from Golden Nugget, on 10 of the Biggest CFB Games of 2013)
Aug. 31 (in Atlanta)
Alabama -17 vs. Virginia Tech
Sept. 14
Alabama -6 at Texas A&M
Sept. 28
LSU at Georgia -6
Sept. 28
Wisconsin at Ohio St -11
Oct. 12
Florida at LSU -4
Nov. 2 (Jacksonville)
Florida vs. Georgia -4
Nov. 9
LSU at Alabama -11.5
Nov. 23
Texas A&M at LSU -1
Nov. 30
Florida St. at Florida -2
Nov. 30
Ohio St. -6 at Michigan
Miami favored by 5 points at home over San Antonio
Spurs: $100 wins $200 (32% chance to win Title)
Most Points scored by any player in Game One: over/under 35.5 points
Points averaged for entire series:
Tony Parker: over/under 22 points
Tim Duncan: over/under 17 points
Dwyane Wade: over/under 16.5
Chris Bosh: over/under 14.5 points
Finals MVP:
LeBron James: $200 wins $100
Tony Parker: $100 wins $500
Tim Duncan: $100 wins $800
Dwyane Wade: $100 wins $900
Chris Bosh: $100 wins $2,000
Any Player Not Listed: $100 wins $1,000
Spurs sweep series: $100 wins $2500
(First Lines in the World, from Golden Nugget, on 10 of the Biggest CFB Games of 2013)
Alabama -17 vs. Virginia Tech
Alabama -6 at Texas A&M
LSU at Georgia -6
Wisconsin at Ohio St -11
Florida at LSU -4
Florida vs. Georgia -4
LSU at Alabama -11.5
Texas A&M at LSU -1
Florida St. at Florida -2
Ohio St. -6 at Michigan
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