NBA Betting: Vol. 2

Howard 🤣 🤦

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Bulls are roughing it 🤦

Man, the NBA is just brutal—these bookies always seem to be messing around with the odds, so if you actually want to catch a decent line, you really have to get your bets in early in the morning. Then, wouldn't you know it, about half an hour before tip-off, you find out like half the roster isn't even playing... 🙂

Lawrence Castillo76 said:Arni—why even bother waiting for the news to drop? Chandler playing at that level is absolutely top-tier. Mad respect.

Well, what can you do? I don't have a live account🙂 and the local betting shop isn't exactly around the corner. So yeah, I already locked in my slip around 4:00.

Our guys over at the sportsbook have zero clue, they’re just copying and pasting. Look at Chicago on Boodo—it's -5, but those idiots at the betting shop put Memphis +3.5 at 1.95. They're just ripping info from elsewhere when everyone already knew Rose wouldn't be playing.

No, there was absolutely no indication that Rose wouldn't be available.

We both got absolutely wrecked there. If only Orlando had actually shown up and produced something from that game. 🙈

Man, how could you not have known? Like, we pretty much knew everything 20 minutes before it even happened.

Not feeling it tonight, honestly. I think I'll just take the over on Griffin. I'm banking on the Nets keeping up so Blake doesn't end up rotting on the bench during the fourth quarter.

Griffin, Williams, Aldridge all going over—plus LAL 1. ☕

crimsonangler1 said:I wouldn't have bet on Chicago if I knew Rose wasn't playing.
Nor would I have put anything on Orlando if I knew Anthony was going to suit up.
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Same here. I had Chicago on one slip and Orlando on another.
Thought Rose would start and thought Anthony would sit.

Ended up winning on Orlando though.

Well, Orlando might just pull it off, provided Carmelo doesn't show up with one of his usual erratic performances.

There it is, Orlando is steadily inching toward a victory.

Joshua Gonzalez33 said:Don't want to just clog up the thread.

SuperSport Betting Shop

Griffin B. (dk)-Howard D 1.70 1 1447 16.01. 19:00

Really interesting bet here; I'd say there's a 95% chance it hits. Another way to play this without the head-to-head is taking Griffin over and Howard under, though that feels a bit riskier.

Blake Griffin and his Clippers are hosting a struggling New Jersey team that's currently bottoming out. One big reason for that is they're missing their best player (besides Williams), Brook Lopez. The Clippers are also without Paul tonight—he was aggressive shooting against the Lakers to lead them to a win—which just means more touches for Griffin, who's the guy everyone expects to step up in Paul's absence. New Jersey is desperate for help in the paint, so I don't see any reason why Blake couldn't drop around 25 points. On the flip side, we've got Howard, who's only hit the over twice this year (once for 45 points), usually landing on the under 21.5-22.5. The main reason to lean towards the under this time is Chandler, the New York center who's one of the best defensive bigs in the league and should be able to hold Howard to around 15. Plus, Chandler might even bait the legendary "Superman"—Dwight Howard—into some foul trouble.

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Excellent pick. I actually went the opposite way because I was banking on Howard playing heavy minutes and Griffin getting some rest. But the second news broke that Williams and Paul were out for the Clippers, I knew exactly how the game was going to go 😁.

If you're betting on the NBA, my best advice is to just hang tight and wait for the injury news about thirty minutes before tip-off. The season is a total grind—it’s short, the pace is relentless, and because they don't practice much, injuries are popping up everywhere.

Anything on nba.com worth checking before tip-off?

man, ma nba.com is absolute garbage. there are like 100 other sites that are way better than that

Griffin and the over 🤮

He’s been a lock for the over for a long time now... honestly, I’m just expecting the Clippers to cruise to a 20+ point win while Blake sits out the entire fourth quarter because the rest of these guys can't buy a bucket to save their lives... 🤮

Is it even worth putting anything on Oklahoma, Minnesota, or LA? Just looking for a little win here, maybe??

Come on, LA Clippers—don't go throwing away everything you built during this game...

81:81 LA Clippers (7 mins left), glad he actually showed up to play, otherwise I would've been pissed...