The Basketball Betting Line: How It Works For You

If you have any experience with sports betting, I’m sure you’ll agree with me that both NBA and NCAA basketball bring a certain joy to the game and provide a great opportunity to win money. First of all, you should know and evaluate the basketball betting line for a real game before placing your basketball bets.

The main and most popular type of bet among sports bettors is definitely the spread bet, although there are two other main types of bets you can make on basketball, such as the money bet and the over under bet. In addition, I would also like to explain one more thing about how to place your bets on basketball.

When you review the basketball betting line listed at your sportsbook for that day, you can see all the teams and matches at the appropriate odds that have been selected for the days matches. When it comes to betting against the spread, you will see a number with a minus symbol next to a particular player. The figure represents which lineup is preferred and how many points they need to secure the game for you to successfully land your bet. Let’s see an example below:

Los Angeles Lakers -7
Miami Heat +7

It is clear that the Los Angeles Lakers are the favorites and they need to win the game by seven points. If you choose to place your bet on the Lakers and they only win by six points or less than you actually lose your bet even if they win the game. When you’re analyzing a basketball betting line for a particular game, it’s not uncommon to see double-digit numbers. You can see seven and eight point swings on the scoreboard very quickly so don’t let this scare you as there are a lot of points in basketball.