NBA Championship Finals: Boston Celtics go 2-1 up and odds-on

Boston Celtics are odds-on to win the NBA Championship after they won game three of the finals series to go 2-1 up.

They beat the Golden State Warriors 116-100 on Wednesday night in Boston - the first game on their court - to put themselves in the driving seat.

Golden State began the series as championship favourites but, three games later, the betting has flipped to reflect the Celtics' strong performances so far.

Boston pulled off an upset by winning game one last Friday before Golden State bounced back to take game two on Monday.

Ime Udoka's men put in a characteristically hard-nosed performance in front of their own fans last night.

Celtics two games from glory

Now the Celtics are two victories away from claiming their first championship since 2008 and a record-breaking 18th of all time.

The teams meet again on Saturday before game five next Tuesday - the first occasion on which the Celtics could, in theory, win the Championship.

A Celtics victory by four games to one is 4.67/2 so Exchange bettors think there is life in Golden State yet.

Boston's star man Jayson Tatum is 2.111/10 favourite to be the finals MVP while Golden State's talisman Stephen Curry can be backed at 2.8815/8.

The finals are finely poised - the 4-2 Celtics win is the shortest price in the series correct score betting at 3.02/1 - and there are sure to be twists and turns still to come.