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How
To Bet on the NBA
by
Jim Campbell of Footballforecastor.com
Basketball
can be one of the tougher sports to handicap for novices, most
believe that teams will perform the same (good or bad) in each
outing because there are no weather concerns like those that exist
in football, while it is indeed true that each basketball contest
takes place indoors, most fail to realize how hard it is to play a
sting of back to back to back games and especially if travel is
involved, in this article we will look at the various factors that
must be considered when handicapping NBA hoops.
Certain
principles hold true no matter what sport you are handicapping,
for example, injuries play a key role in any sporting event but
plays a much bigger role in the NBA because they only have five
starters on the hardwood versus 22 total starters on an NFL team
and also have much less depth on their overall roster, this means
that you really need to know the injury situation and who the
backup player is before making a wager on an NBA game.
Another
consideration is where the game will be played, home court is a
much larger factor in the NBA than in the NFL, this comes into
play when the home team is listed as the doggie and the visiting
team has injuries or is in the midst of a three game or more road
trip, keep in mind that road weary teams have tired legs and tired
legs lose games in the final minutes.
The
NBA is similar to the NFL in that fans also double as gamblers,
this means that certain teams have a public following that will
place wagers on them no matter what the posted point spread is,
usually this can be exploited when this public team is playing at
home and laying a bushel full of points to a divisional rival.
Always
remember to "Line shop" for the best possible number on
your team of choice in order to better enhance your chances of a
winning wager, also, beware of laying the hook with road favorites
and especially when key numbers are involved, a key number in the
NBA is defined as any number which is a multiple of two, the
reason why of course is because a basket is worth two points.
Never
forget that a winning gambler is a hard working gambler, its best
to stay one step ahead of the betting public by being more
prepared than they are, this means that you need to know about bad
scheduling situations, team chemistry problems, and injury
concerns before the public, the information is readily available
to everyone but its really an issue of who will go the extra mile
by doing the research.
One
of the nations most prolific handicappers is Jim Campbell who can
be found at www.footballforecastor.com,
he once again showed his expertise by finishing the 2005-2006
college football season with an overall amazing and eye opening
mark of 49-32-1 ATS for a winning rate of 60.49%
which includes a record of 9-4 ATS with his College Bowl
selections and also includes his winning selection of Texas over
USC in the BCS National Championship Game, that winning result on
Texas means that Jim Campbell has now correctly picked the point
spread winner in the past EIGHT straight College
National Championship games.
Our goal here at www.footballforecastor.com
is to hit the 60% win mark year in and year out with our NFL and
college football selections, in the big picture few handicappers
are able to achieve this lofty goal on a consistent basis. I shake
my head in wonderment on how they get away with such outrageous
claims when I see the Saturday morning scam-you-cappers on TV or
in the advertisements listed in the USA Today newspaper touting
win percentages of 75% or 80% over the course of a season.
The simple truth is that only the
very best handicappers consistently produce seasonal results that
fall within the 55% to 60% range much like we do here at
footballforecastor.com year in and year out, my advise to all new
clients is to use extreme discipline in the amount of games you
wager on each week, you must also adhere to good money management
techniques in order to get through the peaks and valleys of a long
season.
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