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We don't know what players are going to bail out,' Alan Berg, senior oddsmaker at Caesars Sportsbook, told ESPN. 'You just kind of have to throw things up there.' Jeff Sherman, who oversees NBA odds at the SuperBook at Westgate Las Vegas, estimated that the lack of any home-court advantage impacted his numbers in the range of 2.5 points on average. Find NBA odds, point spreads, and betting lines for the 2020-2021 basketball season. Visit FOXSports.com for this week's top action!
NBA Scores
Spread: Also commonly referred to as the line or spread, a negative point spread value (-15.5) indicates that team is favored by 15.5 points. A positive value (+15.5) on its opponent means that. An injury to James Harden may send the Rockets’ title odds tumbling, while a key trade or hot streak may send a team’s NBA championship odds from 50/1 to 20/1 in just a few days. And don’t forget about preseason NBA betting opportunities such as odds to win each division, rookie of the year props and more. Basketball: A Love Story; Stream the entire series on ESPN+. Director Dan Klores creates a vibrant mosaic of basketball by exploring the complex nature of love as it relates to the game. Stream 62 short stories on the NBA, ABA, college hoops, the women's game, international basketball, and socio-cultural issues told by 165 legends.
The NBA tips off with the preseason in early October and while bettors don’t invest much action into the preseason, the NBA Scoreboard always shows the outcomes with betting odds. The regular season begins in the middle of October and finishes in early April. The NBA Playoffs follow and conclude with the championship in June or what’s known as the NBA Finals. All of your NBA bets can be followed on the VegasInsider.com NBA Scoreboard and they’re simple to follow once you figure out the format for the Scores. The NBA Scores start with the Matchup, which has a designated home and away team.
All Games are listed in order of Rotation that are set by the sportsbooks. The Rotation numbers are assigned to each team and it identifies the bet that is being placed at an online sportsbook or in a casino. Those numbers eliminate any confusion between the bettor and the sportsbook. Along with rotation numbers, games are also listed by time and the VegasInsider.com NBA Scores show the Game Time in Eastern Standard Time Zone (ET).
Next to the rotations are the Teams that are playing, followed by the Betting Odds. The NBA Scores uses a consensus line that is created by multiple sportsbooks in the United States. The Betting Odds display which team is the favorite in the matchup and that can be determined with a minus (-) sign followed by a number.
The NBA Scores section features Betting Trends for each matchup and this shows you how much money is being wagered on each team. It’s a great tool if you want to ride or against the betting public. Other great resources on the Scoreboard are the Line Movements and Preview for each matchup. Knowing how a sportsbook adjusts to the action is great plus the Preview offers a quick synopsis of each team’s locker room. If you are in a state where sports betting is legal, please check out our online sportsbook directory to find the best and most secure places to make bets on today's NBA games.
NBA Results & Records
The team that’s favored in each matchup is determined by the sportsbooks and their oddsmakers. The team with the better record isn’t always listed as the favorite but that’s known to be a very good starting point. The NBA Scoreboard shows records for all teams in their matchups and they’re divided into two categories.
(Overall Record)
(Away or Home Record)
The Win-Loss is broken up by overall record and either the away or home record, depending on who is the host or the visitor.
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The NBA Results on the Scoreboard help bettors determine whether they won or lost their wagers on the point-spread. The winning team is designated with a ‘red check’ and the ATS section determines the betting outcome. ATS or Against the Spread is a common term in the sports betting industry and those results are key for bettors. Along with showing the winner, the ATS Results section listed the word “Cover” next to the team that won against the spread. Since the point-spread is in play, the winning team with the red check may not also receive the Cover result.
For Total bettors, it’s clear-cut and those wagers are identified as Over or Under. Plus, the NBA Results show the combined points scored so you don’t have to do the math in your head.
NBA Livescores
Placing wagers on the professional teams in the NBA is one thing but following all four quarters of the action in the Livescores is even better. The VegasInsider.com NBA scoreboard shows real-time results as the games get underway. You’ll see how much time is left in each quarter. If a game is tied at the end of regulation, the overtime follows and that’s updated in the Livescores as well.
You won’t win or lose your wager until you see Final Score posted and that’s when you keep your eyes peeled for the Red Check and ATS results for each matchup. If you’re unsure of how you won or last, the Livescores populates a Recap link and that insight can help your sports betting techniques improve in the long run.
For the first time in over three months, NBA point spreads are back on the board at Las Vegas sportsbooks, but oddsmakers admit they're not sure what to expect when the league attempts to resume its season amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The line on the LA Clippers-Los Angeles Lakers game -- the second half of an opening doubleheader July 30 -- opened at pick 'em Saturday at Caesars Sportsbook. The New Orleans Pelicans are 1-point favorites over the Utah Jazz in the first game of the doubleheader.
The 22 teams in playoff contention when the season was halted March 11 will play eight games to determine playoff seeding. Games will be played at venues inside Walt Disney World's ESPN Wide World of Sports compound in Orlando, Florida, with no fans present.
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The neutral sites, lack of fans and players choosing not to participate in the restart or testing positive for the coronavirus are among the issues facing bettors and bookmakers trying to get a grasp on an unprecedented finish to the season.
The Dallas Mavericks' Willie Cauley-Stein, the Portland Trail Blazers' Trevor Ariza and the Lakers' Avery Bradley are among the players who have informed their teams that they will not take part in the completion of the season. The NBA announced Friday that 16 players had tested positive for coronavirus but did not reveal those names. Some players, including the Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic and the Indiana Pacers' Malcolm Brogdon, have said they recently tested positive for coronavirus.
'We don't know who's in shape. We don't know what players are going to bail out,' Alan Berg, senior oddsmaker at Caesars Sportsbook, told ESPN. 'You just kind of have to throw things up there.'
Jeff Sherman, who oversees NBA odds at the SuperBook at Westgate Las Vegas, estimated that the lack of any home-court advantage impacted his numbers in the range of 2.5 points on average. The biggest adjustment he made, however, was to totals, the over/under on points scored in games.
'There's a chance for a different energy in the building,' Sherman, vice president of risk for the SuperBook, said. 'When you see those scoring runs, players feed off the energy [from crowds]. What we tried to do, considering that, was make the totals lower than what they would've been if it had been normal regular-season games. We did between five and eight points lower on the totals.'
Caesars Sportsbook reported taking a series of bets on the unders in several games from a regular customer, causing the numbers to drop a few points. The Sacramento Kings-San Antonio Spurs total, for example, moved from 220 to 215.5.
With a month remaining until the season, Sherman said the early betting had been light, 'a few $50 bets,' but the SuperBook did take a large wager -- $8,000 at 25-1 -- on the Nuggets to win the NBA title.
Oddsmakers said their approach to monitoring injuries and inactives will not change, despite increased potential for players being ruled out late. The bookmakers will continue to monitor social media and watch for line movement that may signal key players are inactive.
'We're going to know when [the line] is moving that something happened, usually before any media,' Berg of Caesars said. 'We just have to do our best to react to it and try to dig to see if we can find out why a particular game is moving. This is an unprecedented situation. All it takes is a LeBron James to be out or a Giannis [Antetokounmpo] to not play and the line's going to move tremendously.'
Still, after months without the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball, sportsbooks, like most businesses, are anxious to get back to some sense of normalcy.
'It's good to see [NBA lines] on the screen,' Sherman said. 'There's something on the horizon, hopefully.'
NBA lines for opening games (via Caesars Sportsbook as of Monday morning; odds subject to change):
July 30: Jazz vs. Pelicans (PK, 220.5); Clippers (-1, 219) vs. Lakers
July 31: Magic (-1, 213) vs. Nets; Grizzlies vs. Trail Blazers (PK, 223); Suns (-3, 228.5) vs. Wizards; Celtics vs. Bucks (-5, 217.5); Kings (-2.5, 216.5) vs. Spurs; Rockets (-1, 225.5) vs. Mavericks