10 Tips For NBA Betting

The NBA is back and offers bettors a nightly action option on the hardwood. Use these NBA betting tips and tactics to help make smarter basketball bets this season.

NBA teams play three and four times over seven days. Road underdogs are good bets. NBA teams are more flexible than in the NFL. There are lookahead and letdown spots. The odds are at their most vulnerable before the game. As the games get closer, the sportsbook will adjust the odds. NBA games are played in a demanding schedule. They are also played on a lot of days and in different locations. Last season, NBA underdog won 50.3 percent against the spread and more than 30 percent straight up. It is always a good time and a bad time to bet on the NBA game, depending on circumstances.

There are several NBA betting systems that have proven to work. Here are eight tips that veteran bettors have used.

The High Totals System is for Over/Unders on non-conference games with an Over-Under of 220 points or more. Sports Betting Professional Allen Moody profited from this in the mid to late 2000s.

Home teams that win by a blowout one night don't consistently beat the spread the next time out. Historically, these teams as home favorites cover a spread of 10 or higher less than 45 percent of the time.

The Bounce Back System is used to predict how NBA teams will respond to a bad loss. Damian Lilliard's poor shooting from the three-point line in one game can be a good indicator that he will improve the next game.

The Three in Four System suggests that teams playing three games in four days may be tired and play less on defense.

The Back-to-Back System is essential to expose team loss rates on a back- to-back. Teams playing back to back on the road are 18 percent more likely to lose than usual. Time zones make a huge difference when traveling in the NBA and especially wear on older players.

The Tunnel System employs betting Overs and Unders on the same game with different totals at different books. If the final score reached a total of 218 or 219, you would automatically win both bets.

The Martingale system involves doubling down on Overs for specific teams until you win. You would need a larger than average bankroll to use the system consistently.

The D’Alembert System is similar to the Martingale system. It is more appealing to bettors with smaller bankrolls.

Severe line moves are when betting action or odds change dramatically due to an unforeseen event.