The Celtics won the 2024 NBA Finals, completing a stellar campaign that saw them as title favorites from the first game of the regular season through the entire postseason. To no one’s surprise, BetMGM and other betting houses already include Boston as the favorite to win the 2025 championship.
The Association has not seen repeat champions very often in the modern era. In the last decade, only LeBron James’ Heat superteam (2012 and 2013) and Steph Curry and Kevin Durant’s Warriors (2017 and 2018) have won consecutive titles.
A reigning champion hasn’t even sniffed a second consecutive Larry O’Brien Trophy in the last six seasons. In the six postseasons since the 2018-19 campaign, no defending champion has even made it out of the second round of the playoffs.
Could these Celtics buck the recent trend of having new champions every year? That is how BetMGM sees Boston’s chances of repeating as NBA Finals champions in 2025, and where the Association’s other 29 teams rank in the futures betting market.
