Great day for NBA betting last night! As you'll see below, Game 3s are almost always the most important game when determining odds for a playoff series (Game 1 is the second-most important). The reason for that is it's the first chance the "underdog team" gets a chance to hold-serve on their home floor. Because the underdog team always has better percentage odds to win at home than on the road, Game 3s often either reset the dynamic of the series back to initial projections, or swings momentum far in the other direction as the dominant team goes in for the kill. As a result, there are big percentage fluctuations in all 3 games. Without further ado...
Toronto Raptors (2) vs. Indiana Pacers (7)
Raptors in 4: 0.0%
Raptors in 5: 40.5% (+26.32%)
Raptors in 6: 25.92% (+7.59%)
Raptors in 7: 21.22% (-5.81%)
Pacers in 7: 7.07% (-4.51%)
Pacers in 6: 5.29% (-14.52%)
Pacers in 5: 0.0% (-9.08%)
Pacers in 4: 0.0%
Overall Odds:
Raptors win series: 87.64% likely (+28.11%)
Pacers win series: 12.36% likely (-28.11%)
Oklahoma City Thunder (3) vs. Dallas Mavericks (6)
Thunder in 4: 0.0%
Thunder in 5: 54.4% (+25.6%)
Thunder in 6: 25.73% (-1.63%)
Thunder in 7: 15.24% (-10.1%)
Mavericks in 7: 2.69% (-3.65%)
Mavericks in 6: 1.94% (-7.02%)
Mavericks in 5: 0.0% (-3.2%)
Mavericks in 4: 0.0%
Overall Odds:
Thunder win series: 95.37% likely (+13.87%)
Mavericks win series: 4.63% likely (-13.87%)
Golden State Warriors (1) vs. Houston Rockets (8)
Warriors in 4: 0.0% (-56.25%)
Warriors in 5: 63.0% (+28.5%)
Warriors in 6: 23.8% (+17.24%)
Warriors in 7: 11.07% (+8.71%)
Rockets in 7: 1.23% (+1.02%)
Rockets in 6: 0.9% (+0.77%)
Rockets in 5: 0.0%
Rockets in 4: 0.0%
Overall Odds:
Warriors win series: 97.87% likely (-1.8%)
Rockets win series: 2.13% likely (+1.8%)