NBA Betting: NBA Best and Worst February 15, 2012 by
Tom Grassi
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– As this lockout shortened season
is now in its second month we take a look at some of the best
NBA teams to wager on and the ones that have cost us money and
some special situation wagering.
The best team thus far to place a wager on has been
Philadelphia. The Sixers have started out the season with an
impressive 17-7 against the spread record. They’re been big time
money earners at home with a 10-3 ATS record and on the road
they are 7-4 ATS. They’ve also been a good team to bet under the
total with a 15-9 under mark.
The second best team against the betting line has been the
Denver Nuggets. Coach Karl’s team stands at 15-9 against the
betting line. An interesting note about the Nuggets is that
they’ve made all their money on the road. Denver is a very
impressive 7-2 against the spread playing away from home while
only 8-7 ATS at home.
Not a big surprise has the Bobcats as the worst team in the NBA
so far this season with an 8-16 against the spread record. They
are pretty much equally bad on the road as they are at home.
Playing in Charlotte they are 3-7 ATS and away from Charlotte
are 5-9 ATS.
Right behind Charlotte is both Detroit and Washington. The
Pistons are 9-16 ATS while the Wizards are 8-16 ATS. Detroit is
a great team to play against on the road as they are a woeful
4-9 against the betting line losing by an average margin of 12
points per game. Washington has also been bad on the road with a
3-8 ATS record with their average margin of defeat of ten
points.
For you over/under bettors this has been an under year with 57%
of the games going under the posted total. Of the 30 NBA teams,
only 7 of them have played more over games than under games. Two
are dead even, and the remaining 21 teams have played more under
games than over games.
The two teams with the most lopsided total records are the
Knicks and Raptors. Both of those teams are 17-7 under the
posted total. The Knicks have been unable to score points on the
road this season as they are an amazing 11-1 under the total
away from New York. The average over/under in those 12 games
posted by the Sportsbooks was 195 points and the average points
scored is 185 points. Playing the Knicks under on the road has
been easy money!
As we talk about scoring, or the lack thereof this season, one
interesting wager that you may want to look at is first quarter
betting. How would you handicap first quarter betting? You find
the teams that score a lot of points in the first quarter. The
LA Clippers and Chris Paul are leading the league in first
quarter scoring putting up a whopping 27 points. A team to play
against in the first quarter, one that is favored many times, is
Boston. The Celtics are the fourth worst team in first quarter
scoring only 22 per game.
The Nations best handicappers are always studying patterns and
developing betting trends amongst NBA teams. There’s a lot of
money to be made wagering on the outcome of NBA games so make
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