NBA Finals 2023 are set: Miami Heat vs. Denver Nuggets

Jimmy Butler (22) and the Miami Heat will face Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets in the 2023 NBA Finals, beginning Thursday in Denver.

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Now that the opponents have been settled for the NBA Finals with the Miami Heat’s convincing win over the Boston Celtics on Monday night, the Heat now travel to Denver to face the Western Conference champion Nuggets with Game 1 being set for Thursday night.

Think you have a leg up on who is going to win the series? What about in a certain number of games? What if you just want to bet Game 1?

Well, all that is available and more. In fact, we have many bets one can make at Caesars Sportsbook, which is the official odds partner of Bet.NOLA.com, including potential MVPs.

Here are some of the lines, odds, totals and other side bets as of Tuesday morning (May 30):

SERIES WINNER

Denver: -380 (one would have to bet $380 to win $100 or $38 to win $10)

Miami: +300 (one would have to bet $100 to win $300 or $10 to win $30)

SERIES EXACT SCORE

Denver wins 4 games to 0: +525

Denver wins 4-1: +250

Denver wins 4-2: +450

Denver wins 4-3: +350

Miami wins 4-0: +5000

Miami wins 4-1: +2800

Miami wins 4-2: +650

Miami wins 4-3: +900

GAME 1 LINES

Miami (+8.5, ML +310) at Denver (-400, O/U 219), Thursday at 7:30 p.m. (ABC)

NBA FINALS MVP

Nikola Jokic: -325

Jimmy Butler: +340

Jamal Murray: +800

Bam Adebayo: +4000

Caleb Martin: +4500

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