2025 NBA playoffs betting: How to bet each first-round series

How should you bet the first round of the NBA playoffs and what does each series look like?

The answer to those questions is never easy, but this season it just might be more difficult than ever due to the sheer amount of hugely talented teams in the playoffs, particularly in the Western Conference. Any team that makes it out of the West this season will be battle-tested.

Here are NBA betting experts Eric Moody, Eric Karabell, Jim McCormick and Steve Alexander with the bets they like most for each series.