NBA Playoffs Betting Online – Thibodeau Coach of the Year. The best team in the NBA this season has been the Chicago Bulls and they are favored in NBA playoffs betting online in their series against Atlanta for a number of reasons including their head coach who was named NBA Coach of the Year on Sunday.
Tom Thibodeau has done a super job with the Bulls this season and he has been recognized for his coaching. The Bulls are the top seed in the Eastern Conference and heavily favored in NBA playoffs betting at Sbgglobal against the Hawks.
Thibodeau Wins in First YearThe Bulls were 62-20 in the regular season under their first-year head coach. It was quite a turnaround for the Bulls and Thibodeau is getting a lot of credit. He won the NBA Coach of the Year award in his first year with the Bulls. It is expected that guard Derrick Rose will be named the league’s MVP and that will make it the 12th time in NBA history that a coach and a player have won both awards. Thibodeau replaced Vinny Del Negro in June and turned the Bulls into the league’s best team. Thibodeau was highly respected among his peers and it was only a matter of time before he got a head coaching job. He won an NBA title while and assistant under Doc Rivers in Boston. The 62 wins by the Bulls under Thibodeau tied the record held by Paul Westphal when his Suns won 62 games in 1992-93 in Westphal’s first year as a head coach. Thibodeau is just the third coach in league history to win 60 games or more in his first year as a head coach joining Westphal and Bill Russell.
Voting Results
Thibodeau got 475 points and 76 first-place votes while Philadelphia’s Doug Collins was a distant second with 210 points and 18 first-place votes. Gregg Popovich of San Antonio was third in the voting.
Bulls Still Rolling
How is this for consistency for Chicago? The team never lost more than two games in a row all season. They dominated their Central division foes, winning 15 of the 16 matchups. Chicago struggled somewhat against Indiana in the first round of NBA playoffs betting but still won in five games. They are heavily favored in NBA playoffs betting online to dispatch of Atlanta in short order.