The NBA is a great league for basketball betting fans and our sportsbook at SBG Global offers superb NBA betting options. Basketball betting is a bit different than other sports because there are so many games on the board during the typical 82-game season. Keep in mind that the NBA betting season has different parts. Betting on NBA games at SBG is one of the most popular activities fans enjoy because of all the opportunities to win it delivers for hoops fanatics.
You have the early part of the season with teams feeling each other out, the main part of the season when teams play the bulk of their games, and the NBA playoffs where NBA basketball betting is somewhat different with each team playing up to seven games against the other. We definitely need to handicap each one of these parts differently. By doing this, you will be able to fully understand each team’s weaknesses and strengths and this will educate and make you wiser before you bet on NBA.
We have to change our ratings and our feelings about teams as they move from one part of the season to another. Some basketball betting players will wait out the first couple of weeks of the season and let the dust settle before jumping headfirst into the pro basketball betting season. So if you start betting on them too soon without properly handicapping them, you might end up committing NBA betting sabotage for yourself.
You don’t have to wait to start betting on NBA basketball but be aware that things change throughout the season. Futures betting odds for the NBA may be updated weekly or daily depending on matchups, injuries, and team trends. Betting on NBA games can look one way one week, and completely shift for the next week depending on these and other important and relevant factors.
You always want to be aware of the different philosophies of teams, and coaches as you look at basketball betting. Sometimes basketball betting gamblers look only at the results, not necessarily the strength of schedule and other intangibles that can be important. Don’t make that mistake. This is the one tip that you want to keep in mind before you bet on NBA. We have seen many people make that mistake every year as they precipitate their decisions before analyzing what is going on in the season.
Look beyond just the final score and consider other factors like travel, injuries, scheduling, revenge, etc. as you look at the basketball betting lines. Take a look at the matchups as you examine the basketball betting line each day.
If you take into consideration more than just the final score you can win money at basketball betting this season. So for even more help winning at pro basketball betting, read our analysis of games, teams, and matchups below. This will be your most intelligent move.
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The 34-22 Los Angeles Clippers are very close to reaching the playoffs for the first time since 2006. However, they have a good shot at catching the Los Angeles Lakers for a divisional title. However, the 32-23 Memphis Grizzlies are trying to reach up to the Clippers and take over the fourth spot in the Western Conference, thus clinching home court advantage during the first round if they can do so.
Continue ReadingThe dyed green waters of the Chicago River are fading three weeks after St. Patrick's Day, but a different type of green worn by the Boston Celtics is not fading at all, as they visit the Windy City in a pivotal showdown vs. the Bulls tonight at 9:30ET. The game can be seen as the second half of Thursday nights TNT doubleheader.
Continue ReadingThe New York Knicks will be traveling to the Amway Center for a game with the Orlando Magic tonight. The game will be broadcast across the nation on TNT. The Magic have a 32-22 record and are six games in on a playoff spot. The Knicks are 27-27 and only one game in.
Continue ReadingThe Detroit Pistons are running out of time for trying to reach the playoffs. The 20-33 Pistons are six and a half games behind the eighth and final East spot. The Pistons will be trying to gain some ground tonight at the Palace of Auburn Hills by taking on the 12-42 Washington Wizards.
Continue ReadingThe Toronto Raptors are heading south of the border tonight to play against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center. The Raptors are 19-35 while the 76ers are 29-24 and are four games inside of a playoff spot. The 76ers are seventh in the East.
Continue ReadingIts a long way from the shores of New Jersey to the California coastline but that's where the Nets will meet the Los Angeles Lakers tonight inside the Staples Center beginning at 10:30ET.
Continue ReadingThe Knicks leave the bright lights of Broadway to visit America's heartland when they tip it off against the Indiana Pacers in Bankers Life Fieldhouse at 7:00ET tonight.
Continue ReadingThe Oklahoma City Thunder has just clinched a playoff spot and as coming off of a 92-78 victory over the Chicago Bulls yesterday. The Thunder will be hosting the Memphis Grizzlies at the Chesapeake Energy Arena tonight.
Continue ReadingThe Milwaukee Bucks will be heading to the Chinatown section of Washington DC to the Verizon Center to take on the Washington Wizards on Monday night. The 24-28 Bucks are two and a half games out of a playoff spot. The Wizards are 12-40 and are four games ahead of the league's worst record.
Continue ReadingThe 76ers of Philadelphia will march into Washington in a confrontation with the Wizards at the Verizon Center beginning at 7:00ET.
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