NBA Pre Game Bets

When you think about betting on a game, there are plenty of things that should be going through your mind. Below I will get into detail about things you should be paying attention to and tracking before placing an NBA pre game bet.

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Injuries

This may be the most important tip there is. Injuries, plain and simple, impact the game more than any other factor you can come up with. If a team is missing a player who is a key component of their team, this throws all the stats, all the information you can use, out the window. Making sure you know who is available for that game is the most important thing you can do before placing a bet.

Schedule

When looking to place a bet before the game, you should definitely be keeping an eye out if a team played the night before. Most teams playing back to back games don’t play their players full minutes and can have a huge impact on your NBA pre game bets.

Trends

Do not put all your eggs in one basket on one trend. Trends are significant, and some are worth using, but what happened in the last week, doesn’t necessarily translate to what will happen tonight. It is definitely important to use the numbers to your advantage, but that doesn’t mean it’s the end all, be all.

Line Change

Make sure you’re keeping your eyes open for line moves close to tip off. When you see a line moving in the direction of one team and the public has bet heavy on the other side, it might suggest that big time gamblers are jumping on board and you may want to follow. This is only relevant if the line is moving significantly right before the game starts.

NBA Live Betting

Now that the you understand what you’re looking for before you place your NBA pre game bets, I want to get into the fun stuff: NBA live betting. It is both fun and if done the right way, very profitable. The thing I love most about live betting is the fact that you get to see the game play out in front of you and then you get to make a decision based off of what you’re seeing.

Like every other bet, you are making a prediction with no real knowledge of this particular game. With live betting you’re making a prediction after commercial breaks or after quarters and halves.

NBA live betting is a fairly new way of betting on the world’s largest basketball league. How it works is that a game begins with a certain set of odds, but as the game is being played, situations obviously change, forcing the opening odds to change as well.

For example, maybe the underdog is doing better than what was thought. Or maybe the favorite is playing shockingly bad. Whatever the scenario is, live betting gives you the chance to take a side on a game after it starts. You can also double down on bets you made before the game started, or try and hedge a bet you made after watching things play out.

Common NBA Live Wagers

The most common type of bet when looking at live wagering is the changing of the point spreads and the over under. As the game plays out, sports books will change the lines and put out a new line to create more bets. Below I will show you an example of this.

In this example the game begins with the Golden State Warriors as 18 point favorites. If the Mavericks end the first quarter down 8 points, sports books can adjust the line to Mavericks + 10 for the rest of the game. It is not always exactly like that, but depending on injuries and based on how the game is being played, these numbers can vary.

NBA Live Prop Bets

These bets are my favorite. Let’s say you’re sick of betting on a team to win or the over under of a game, and want to spice things up. You see that Lebron James has 30 points at half time. The sports book has Lebron to score 20 points in the second half. If you think he might not drop 50, you can take the under on that bet and have your money on Lebron scoring less than 20 in the second half.

The main thing with live betting is to remember that you don’t have a long time to make up your mind and place your bet. The NBA is a fast paced game and lines can change after each stoppage of play. I recommend, if you’re going to take up NBA live betting, you should be watching the game so you can get a better feel for it. Like with any bets the more information you have, the more knowledge you have, the better chance you have of staying profitable.