5 effective betting strategies in basketball

The NBA playoffs have already begun, so it’s definitely high time for you to think of some new betting strategies that could help you succeed in the season’s remainder.

The Blowout System

• When an NBA side wins their game by 15+ points, it doesn’t usually mean that they’ll be this good next time out.
• In more than 58% of all the games between 2015 and 2018, the side that registered a 15-point lead failed to do that in the next fixture – possibly because of the lack of fitness or due to overconfidence.
• Bookies tend to overreact in such situations, inflating the odds on the team that blew their opposition out last time, so try to upset them by betting on a lower spread.

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The Bounce Back System

• Teams who display a poor offensive performance, usually tend to bounce back next time out, especially if there’s a home fixture coming up.
• In about 62% of the cases, such a team improves their shooting ratio as compared to the one in the previous game.
• If you see that a team shot under 40% or below their season average from the field, bet on a higher percentage in their next home game.

The 3 in 4 System

• If both teams play their 3rd game in 4 days, it makes sense to bet on a projected point total of 58.8%.
• The explanation is quite simple here: defense requires a bit more physical effort than offense and the defensive players struggle to do their job properly when playing in such a tense schedule.

The Back-to-Back System

• It’s worth paying attention to the team’s schedule in terms of back-to-back games.
• Teams usually struggle to win the second back-to-back game, especially when it’s played on the road.
• It depends, however: study all the useful details about the flight length, the time of the day when the team will be heading to another city, the number of rest days they had, etc. because it really matters sometimes.

The D’Alembert System

• If your initial bet is, say, $5 and you lose it, double your next bet until you win it, i.e. try a $10 bet.
• When your bet is successful, however, decrease the next bet by the same increment, i.e. go back to $5 and start all over again.
• Such a system carries little financial risk since you keep yourself within the system in which you don’t cross the line.

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