subject: Basketball Betting Lines Explained - How Does it Work? [print this page] Basketball Betting Lines Explained Basketball Betting Lines Explained
If you have experience with sports betting, then I'm sure you would agree with me that both NBA and NCAA basketball offer some excitement to the game as well as provide a great opportunity to make money. One important factor before making your basketball bets is that you need to understand and analyze the basketball betting line for that particular game.
Although there are three main types of bets that you can make on basketball, like the money line wager or the over under bet, the main one and the most popular amongst sports bettors is definitely the spread bet and the one that I would like to look at more closely today. Basketball Betting Lines Explained
When you open up your sports book to check the basketball betting line for that day, you will see all of the teams and games listed with the appropriate odds that have been allotted to the days match ups. When it comes to betting against the spread, you will notice a number with a minus sign next to a specific team. That number usually represents which team is favorite and how many points they need to win the game by for you to successfully win your wager. Let's look at an example below:
Los Angeles Lakers -7
Miami Heat +7
By looking at this example above, it's clear to see that the Los Angeles Lakers are the favorite and need to win the game by seven points. If you choose to make your bet on the Lakers and the only win by six or fewer points than you actually lose your wager even though they win the game. It's not uncommon to see double-digit numbers when you are analyzing a basketball betting line for that particular game. Don't let this scare you as there is a lot of scoring in basketball and you can see seven and eight point swings in the score very quickly. Basketball Betting Lines Explained
Basketball Betting Lines Explained - How Does it Work?
