Oddsmakers seemed to have already priced in an extended absence for the Heat’s best player.
The Heat are still favored over the Bulls in Friday’s winner-take-all game for the No. 8 seed in the East on Friday, but the Jimmy Butler injury has oddsmakers doubting they’ll get much further.
After opening as a three-point road underdog, the Bulls got a little more love from oddsmakers after The Athletic’s Shams Charania first reported thatduring the first half of the Heat’s one-point loss to the 76ers during Wednesday night’s East play-in game but stayed in the game, playing 39 total minutes.2024 NFL Draft odds: How many QBs will be drafted in round one
Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat reacts to an injury during the first quarter against the Philadelphia 76ers during the Eastern Conference Play-In Tournament at the Wells Fargo Center on April 17, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Heat miraculously made the NBA Finals last season after entering Round 1 at +12500 to win the title, upsetting the top two title favorites — the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics — before falling to the Denver Nuggets. In 2020, the Heat also won the East despite having the fourth-best odds to win the conference before the playoffs began.
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