After missing an opportunity Saturday to equalize their NBA Eastern Conference first-round series with the 76ers, the Nets will now have their backs to the wall until it’s over.
Betting markets think it will be over Tuesday night (TNT, 8 p.m.). Barring late developments, Philadelphia should close as a favorite near -7¹/u2082 points, with a no-vig money line suggesting a 75 percent win probability. Even if the Nets spring a Game 5 upset, the Sixers would be a short road favorite in Game 6 and then prohibitive favorites if a seventh game was needed in Philadelphia.
Sunday, the Westgate in Las Vegas posted Philadelphia at -10000 to win the series (bettors must risk $10,000 to win $100), Brooklyn at +2000 to rally all the way back to advance (risk $100 to win $2,000).