Cleveland Sweeps The Hawks:Sports Bettors Rejoice

By Brian Kerr

They didn’t cover the pointspread in Game 4 of their playoff series vs. the Atlanta Hawks, but they also didn’t cost their backers any money. The Cleveland Cavaliers pushed as 10-point favorites for sports bettors in their 84-74 win. The victory made it four straight games and a clean sweep for Lebron James and the NBA future

odd favorites to win the Championship.

The sports betting world has been betting the Cavs heavily for their entire playoff run in 2009, and bettors have been getting a nice payoff by putting their money on Cleveland. Led by the league MVP James, they have covered the pointspread in each of their games before the final one vs. Atlanta.

That made it eight straight pointspread covers in the playoffs so far, as they swept both the Detroit Pistons and the Atlanta Hawks.

The NBA odds and lines on the Cavaliers keep going higher, but the big odds haven’t scared away sports bettors.

Online sportsbook SPORTSBETTING.com reported 83% of all the sports betting volume wagered on Game 4 was on Cleveland. It was the sixth time this playoff year that over 80% of all the sports betting action on a Cleveland game was on the Cavaliers side.

Now the play off basketball odds on this team will be even higher when bettors look to put some money on them for future odds betting. They were already favored to win it al, and the betting action was tilted considerably in their direction, but with the dominating performance in the first two series, it is going to mean sports bettors have to pay a higher price if they want to keep betting on Cleveland.

Also, the Lebron James prop bets have been hitting as well. SPORTSBETTING.com has “Live Betting” and on these games, Lebron, as you would expect, is a favorite for the sports betting group wagering on the “Live Betting” platform. This has become a very popular betting option for online sportsbooks, as bettors like to make additional wagers after the games have already started. They can bet on hundreds of different options throughout a typical NBA playoff game. NBA playoff betting has been up over last year according to many online sportsbooks. This can be attributed to the great matchups, plus options like “Live Betting” at SPORTSBETTING.com contribute as well.

Now Cleveland will wait to see who they play next. The playoff odds for the series and for Game 1 will be posted as soon as the other Eastern Conference series is over.

The next series should be a great one, both for fans and for the sports betting world. You know the bettors

will continue to put their betting action down on Lebron James.

Good luck with all your bets.

Brian Kerr has been writing about sports betting for over 15 years. A diehard Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Phillies, 76ers and Flyers fan, he is one of the top sports betting writers in the industry.