2024 Playoffs- 3rd Round: Minnesota Timberwolves - Dallas Mavericks- MAVS WIN 4-1!

[WillE]

ESPN shows Minny favored by 5.5 points tonight.

Seems like bettors are viewing Game 1 as an outlier.

I wonder what the line will look like for Games 3 and 4 if Dallas wins game 2?

I would say bettors viewed this as a must win for MIN. Doesn't mean Game 1 is viewed as an outlier. But going down by 2 is and going then to go on the road is pretty bad compared to win this one, so you could understand that bettors considered that likelihood of this scenario rather small.

Yet, such calculations and expectations have luckily nothing to do with the actual game.