NBA Season Win Totals

The 2014-15 NBA regular season came to a thrilling end on Wednesday night. While there were numerous games with playoff and seeding implication, there were also games that were very important to gamblers betting on NBA season win totals as the Clippers and Raptors totals were all in play. The Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Hawks easily clinched the top seeds in their respective conferences and the two teams also happened to significantly exceed their projected season win total shown below.

*All lines based on the 10/10 Bovada line. 

Team	Bovada	Actual	Diff.	O / U
Atlanta Hawks	41.5	60	18.5	O
Milwaukee Bucks	24	41	17	O
Golden State Warriors	51.5	67	15.5	O
Boston Celtics	26.5	40	13.5	O
Utah Jazz	24.5	38	13.5	O
Houston Rockets	49.5	56	6.5	O
Memphis Grizzlies	49	55	6	O
Indiana Pacers	33	38	5	O
New Orleans Pelicans	43	45	2	O
Portland Trail Blazers	49	51	2	O
Philadelphia 76ers	16.5	18	1.5	O
Los Angeles Clippers	55.5	56	0.5	O
Toronto Raptors	48.5	49	0.5	O
Sacramento Kings	29.5	29	-0.5	U
Dallas Mavericks	50	49	-1	U
San Antonio Spurs	57	55	-2	U
Orlando Magic	27.5	25	-2.5	U
Detroit Pistons	35.5	32	-3.5	U
Brooklyn Nets	41.5	38	-3.5	U
Washington Wizards	49.5	46	-3.5	U
Chicago Bulls	54.5	50	-4.5	U
Cleveland Cavaliers	58.5	53	-5.5	U
Phoenix Suns	44.5	39	-5.5	U
Miami Heat	44	37	-7	U
Minnesota T-Wolves	26.5	16	-10.5	U
Denver Nuggets	41.5	30	-11.5	U
Los Angeles Lakers	32.5	21	-11.5	U
Charlotte Hornets	45	33	-12	U
Oklahoma City Thunder	57.5	45	-12.5	U
New York Knicks	41	17	-24	U

The Overs: 

13 NBA teams hit the “over” and beat the line set by Vegas. While the Hawks crushed their total by 18.5 games, it was the Milwaukee Bucks who had the easiest time with their season win total. After winning just 15 games a year ago, the Bucks were only projected to win 24 games. They eclipsed that mark on January 31 with a win against Portland to go 25-22. The Celtics beat their total by 13.5 games mainly due to the superb coaching of Brad Stevens and even the Sixers toppled their 16.5 win projection with 18. Both the Clippers and Raptors were fairly highly touted in the pre-season, but it took until the last game of the season for both of these teams to pass their win total of 55.5 and 48.5 games, respectively. The Clippers won their last seven games all of which they needed to hit the over.

The Unders: 

A whopping 17 teams went “under” the Vegas line which is actually less than the prior season when 18 teams went under led by the Bucks who finished 13.5 games under their projected total. This year’s big winner or should I say loser is to no one’s surprise the New York Knicks. With Melo returning, the Knicks had their win total set at 41 games. They only won 17 on the season and finished just 24 games off the line. Other big losers included the Thunder who were bitten by the injury bug all year and the Hornets who never meshed with Lance Stephenson after a playoff run last year. The Nuggets went under the total by 10.5 games last year and this year wasn’t much different going under by 11.5. Meanwhile, the Cleveland Cavs were projected as the top regular season team in the NBA with 58.5 wins, but they fell short winning 53.