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NBA Weekend Betting: Best Bets

Cavs at Jazz and Spurs at Lakers – Love NBA Saturdays

With the Super Bowl occurring next Sunday, both NASCAR and Major League Baseball on hiatus, and sports betting fans not really warming up to either golf or NHL yet, the NBA pretty much has the weekend all to itself.

The NBA schedulers couldn’t have made NBA basketball betting fans happier than scheduling a huge game on Saturday and a huge game on Sunday.

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2009 NBA Handicapping Trends

Focusing on road teams with NBA Picks..Is it worth it?

Certainly you can read a plethora of articles on the advantages or disavantages of betting road teams with NBA picks. In fact, manay an “expert” handicapper has claimed large winning percentages in focusing just on road teams. Just like anything else in the handicapping world, there are some exagerated claims with trends and angles of any types.

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NBA Saturday Betting Trends (Jan 23rd)

NBA: Top Weekend Trends

A great weekend of NBA betting can only be improved by the Top StatFox Power Trends.

We begin with a light Saturday, with just six games. However, two of the games involve playoff contenders with Orlando at Miami and Cleveland at Utah. The Magic have won 10 straight games in the head-to-head series. Cleveland will be looking to extend a 7-2 straight up and 9-0 ATS run vs. the Jazz.

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Mavericks vs. Pistons NBA Preview (Jan. 23)

NBA: PISTONS GOING UNDER?

The Detroit Pistons will be favorites when they host the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night, but bettors should have their eyes firmly on the Total.

The Pistons have gone Under the Total in seven out of their last nine games with one push. For the season, Detroit has gone Under the Total in 25 of 41 games.

And with Detroit’s second leading scorer, Richard Hamilton, coming off the bench now, bettors need to look closely at the point total for this 7 pm ET telecast on ESPN.

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NBA Sportsbook Preview: Thursday Games

NBA: MAGIC PROFITS NOT A TRICK

The Orlando Magic have been the most profitable team in the NBA and it hasn’t been a trick.

Orlando has covered eight of their last 10 games and bettors will be looking for more profits as they prepare to host the defending champion Boston Celtics on national television on Thursday night.

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NBA Cappers Tips: Teams To Bet On

NBA Hot UNDER teams – The Knicks anybody

The NBA sports betting season is in full swing, and the following teams have been red hot for NBA ‘Under’ bettors at BetUS Sportsbook throughout the last week of action:

(RANK) (TEAM) (SU RECORD) (O/U RECORD) (O/U RECORD L/5 +$$)

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NBA Cappers Tips: Teams To Bet Against

NBA Sports Betting – Teams to bet AGAINST

The regular season of the NBA online betting season is halfway done, and the following teams have been ice cold for NBA bettors at BetUS Sportsbook over the last week of action:

(RANK) (TEAM) (SU RECORD) (ATS RECORD) (ATS RECORD L/5 -$$)

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Week 12 NBA Betting + Handicapping Tips

NBA Hot and Cold Bets – Week 12

The NBA is now in full swing and our eight-month marathon of the pro basketball season is close to half over. Matt Fargo will be looking into Hot and Cold NBA bets throughout the season and he takes a look at four games that you will want to pay attention to.

NBA Hot Bets

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NBA Saturday Betting Trends (Jan 17th)

NBA: TOP SATURDAY TRENDS

The NBA schedule is chalk full of some good games on Saturday and we’re here to provide you some of the best power trends.

You’ll find nine different games to choose from, including continuations of the road trips for New Orleans and Orlando.

After taking on Cleveland and L.A. on Friday night respectively, it doesn’t get much easier for either team on Saturday.

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NBA Sportsbook Preview: Friday Predictions

NBA: COLOSSAL TWIN-BILL

Four of the best teams in the NBA square off in a doubleheader on ESPN.

New Orleans at Cleveland

Sportsbook.com has lowered Cleveland down to three-point favorites because of injuries, though the Total has remained stable at 185.5. This is the opener on ESPN starting just after 8 pm ET.  

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NBA Sportsbook Preview: Lakers vs. Spurs Prediction

NBA: LAKERS RARE UNDERDOGS

The San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers meet for the first time since the Lakers quickly ousted the Spurs in last season’s conference finals.

Sportsbook.com has San Antonio as two-point favorites with a posted Total of 199.5. This is part of ESPN’s regular Wednesday night package which will start at 9 pm ET.

The series between Los Angeles (31-6, 17-20 ATS) and San Antonio marked the sixth playoff meeting in the last decade for these clubs, which again appear to be the class of the West.  

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Week 11 NBA Betting + Handicapping Tips

NBA Hot and Cold Bets – Week 11 (01-14-2009)

The NBA is now in full swing and our eight-month marathon of the pro basketball season is close to half over. Matt Fargo will be looking into Hot and Cold NBA bets throughout the season and he takes a look at four games that you will want to pay attention to.  

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Weekly NBA Betting + Handicapping Tips

NBA News & Handicapping Notes

Matt Fargo takes a look at the upcoming NBA schedule and pulls out important news, injuries, notes and betting trends from around the league.

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Celtics vs. Lakers NBA Preview (Dec 25)

NBA: Celtics, Lakers a betting mismatch

The Los Angeles Lakers have a huge Christmas matchup with the Boston Celtics and their backers hope they fare better this time around.

Not only did the Lakers get upset in last year’s NBA Finals 4-2, but Boston covered the spread in every game of the series and the two regular season matchups as well. That’s an 0-8 ATS mark in total.  

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Tuesday NBA Hoops: NBA Future ROTY Odds

NBA: TOP ROOKIES ON DISPLAY

The three leading candidates for the NBA Rookie of the Year award are all on display Tuesday night in a mammoth 12-game schedule.

The NBA is off on Wednesday for Christmas Eve but will resume on Thursday with five nationally televised games including the huge one between NBA Finalists, Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers.  

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Hornets vs. Celtics NBA Preview (Dec 12)

NBA: CELTICS SOLID CHALK OVER HORNETS

There’s a great NBA game in Boston tonight as the Celtics do battle with one of the Western Conference powers, the New Orleans Hornets.

Sportsbook.com lists Boston as a seven-point favorite, with a Total of 189. ESPN will have this as opening game of its Friday night twin-bill starting at 8 pm ET.