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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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Oklahoma City Thunder 2016-17: The Return of Durant?
Fans of the Oklahoma City Thunder who enjoy betting on basketball at SBG Global sportsbook are hoping that the team’s 2016-17 season will be just like Darkman II and features the Return of Durant. Only in this case it will not be ruthless, sadistic mob boss Robert G. Durant but All Star small forward Kevin Durant. Along with Russell Westbrook, the Thunder has the most dominant duo in the league – though LeBron James and Kyrie Irving might take offense to that (while Kevin Love hides inside a locker so he doesn’t get traded). Steph Curry and Klay Thompson might take offense too, but then they would have lost all touch with reality.
Cavaliers don’t have a Pick, but do they even need it?
The Cleveland Cavaliers do not have pick in the first or second round of the 2016 NBA draft – having traded the former to the Boston Celtics (who in turn traded it to the Phoenix Suns) and the latter also to the Celtics. Which prompts fans of betting on basketball to wonder whether the brand new NBA champions need one. The higher-ups at Cleveland should be more concerned about retaining the services of Finals MVP LeBron James, who is a free agent with a $24 million player option – which grants James the power to decide if he wants to stay for another year or become a completely unrestricted free agent.
Back to the Drawing Board for the Golden State Warriors
Following a devastating loss in game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals to eventual champions the Cleveland Cavaliers, league MVP and Golden State Warriors stalwart Stephen Curry said they will “keep this memory so that it will fuel us as we stay together as a team,” because they will be back on this stage.
Cavaliers Make History Against History-Making Warriors
LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers defied betting on basketball odds and made history last night, winning game 7 of the NBA Finals 93-89 to become the first team to come back from a 1-3 disadvantage – and winning the first major sports trophy for the Forest City in a exactly a gazillion years. And they did all of the above while facing the best regular season team in the history of the NBA. SBG Global sportsbook salutes the 2016 NBA champions. Game 7 of the championship series kept an entire country entranced – even president Barack Obama stopped doing whatever presidents do to watch the final minutes of the postseason.
Despite Consecutive Losses, GS Warriors Game 7 Favorites
In accordance to the prophecy, the Cleveland Cavaliers justified their status as the favorites of people betting on basketball, won game 6 of the NBA Finals 115-101 at home, tied the series 3-3, and forced a game 7 on Sunday, June 19th at the Oracle Arena in Oakland. And to add insult to injury, LeBron James absolutely, totally, completely, utterly pwned Stephen Curry – including a vicious blocked shot with a side of trash talk. The King shot Curry down with extreme prejudice – execution style. Nevertheless, the odds at SBG Global sportsbook favor the Golden State Warriors to win game 7:
Cleveland Cavaliers Regain Betting Favoritism for Game 6
LeBron James must have felt a liberated man without Draymond Green constantly breathing down his neck – man, that’s really annoying. The King had 41 points, 16 rebounds, and 7 assists in game 5 of the NBA Finals – leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 112-97 win that puts the series at 3-2 with the Golden State Warriors still in the lead – to the chagrin of the Oracle Arena hometown fans who failed to boo him out of the building, try as they might. Kyrie Irving scored another 41 points – making him and James the first teammates to score 40 points in an NBA Finals game – and added 6 assists. Kevin Love returned to the starting lineup for the first time after his concussion but only had 2 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 assist – fans betting on basketball can make of that what they will.
Greenless Warriors Favorite to Win Game 5 and NBA Title
Many people betting on basketball – especially those who root for the Cleveland Cavaliers – though it was long overdue, and it finally happened; Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green was suspended for a “retaliatory swipe of his hand to the groin” of LeBron James.
Road Win for Warriors Could be a Clincher
The Golden State Warriors floundered a bit on their post season run, and all the while NBA betting fans started to doubt them. Luckily for them, they schooled the OKC Thunder on the Western Conference and they outplayed the Cavaliers at home, and all is well once more. The Warriors in one fell swoop reminded the entire basketball betting world that they won 73 games in the regular season, have the unanimous MVP on their roster and they are the defending NBA champions, for a reason. And now with a 2-0 lead, a win on the road for them could pretty much clinch the NBA title.
Warriors Remain Favorites as NBA Finals move to Cleveland
Unlike the San Jose Sharks in the NHL, the Cleveland Cavaliers will be betting on basketball underdogs even at home in the Q Arena – though not by much, either – for game 3 of the NBA championship series which the Golden State Warriors lead 2-0, according to SBG Global sportsbook:
How can the Underdogs Cavaliers get Back in the Series?
You’ll never find Lebron James betting on basketball, which as a player he shouldn’t anyway. However, he should pay a little more attention to his team’s odds of winning game 3 of the NBA finals series versus the Golden State Warriors, even though he said he does not like to get involved in that. At SBG Global sportsbook, they stand thus: