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NBA Betting Online: Kobe Bryant can’t deflect blame for the Lakers’ latest loss like he often loves to do.

Bryant cost Los Angeles Game 2 on Wednesday night in Oklahoma City. He had a critical turnover and missed multiple shots in the final two minutes as the Thunder erased a seven-point deficit and came away with a 77-75 victory, which wasn’t enough to cover the NBA odds.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The basketball trinity on South Beach was dismantled when Chris Bosh got injured, and now the Big 2 has to beat the Pacers by themselves.

Where will Miami’s scoring come from outside of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade? No other Heat player had more than five points Tuesday. That led to a 35 percent shooting clip and a 78-75 loss as a 7-point NBA odds favorite at home.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: It’s not easy beating the book. They don’t keep building sky-rise hotels in Las Vegas because city taxes are high.

No, more than 90 percent of gamblers lose over the long haul. But that doesn’t have to be you. If you know your stuff and put in the time for research, successful sports betting can turn from a passion into a profession.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The San Antonio Spurs are surgical on offense. The grizzled veterans came out of their shell a little slow after an eight-day layoff but were in fine form by halftime.

San Antonio used a barrage of 3-pointers to beat the Clippers 108-92 in the first game of their second-round playoff series Tuesday night. The Spurs covered the NBA spread for the 13th time in 14 games, as 11-point chalk.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Philadelphia 76ers already impressed the league by knocking off the top seed Chicago Bulls in the first round, which probably screwed with many bettors’ NBA playoffs wagering. Yet, the first round upset came with an asterisk after Derrick Rose went down at the end of game 1 with a devastating knee injury that will sideline him for 8 to 12 months. Now, the Sixers must prove they have what it takes to beat a healthy opponent in the veteran Boston Celtics. Philly will enter every series as the underdog, but do they have a shot at reaching the NBA Finals?  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: If style points decided the NBA playoffs, the Los Angeles Clippers would be World Champions.

With flash and bravado oozing from the team’s superstars Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, the Clippers are guaranteed a spot on the SportsCenter Top 10 night in and night out.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Miami Heat were already a trendy pick to make the NBA Finals at the start of the playoffs, but since the beginning of the season their bandwagon has grown lighter and lighter.

n the offseason, once the lockout was over, pundits across the country were predicting 60 wins for the Heat. 60 w  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Boston Celtics elected not to practice Sunday after squeaking out a win in Game 1 against the Philadelphia 76ers. Maybe they should have.

Through two outings in this series, the C’s have largely looked lifeless.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: Any questions about whether the Oklahoma City Thunder would come out rested or rusty after not playing for nine days were quickly laid to rest.

The Thunder battered Los Angeles behind 53 percent field-goal and 41 percent 3-point shooting in Game 1. The result was a 119-90 throttling, which was more than enough to cover NBA odds of 7.5 points. Oklahoma City is 3-0 ATS in its last three outings.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: When Chris Bosh left with an injury and Miami trailed by five points at halftime, Heat fans had to be concerned about Sunday’s outcome.

But Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, the Heat’s true Big 2, took over in the second half and earned the home team a 95-86 victory, which barely covered the NBA lines of -8.5 points.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Oklahoma City Thunder certainly looked championship worthy on Monday night’s destruction of the Los Angeles Lakers, beating the veteran squad by the score of 119-90.

An embarrassing show for the Purple and Gold, it was exactly the kind of statement the Thunder wanted to make in game 1, so  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: We have all now recovered from the elbow heard round the world. After all the hoopla, you would have thought Metta World Peace had jumped into the stands and punched a backwards tripping, beer chucking white guy.

I mean, James Harden recovered from the elbow before the sports media did. Yet, we should all still be talking about World Peace, not because of his antics, but because of his importance to the second round series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Oklahoma City Thunder.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: If the final score of the opening game of the second round series featuring the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder did not surprise you, well, you may be the only one.

The Lakers looked overwhelmed and undernourished on Monday night against the Thunder, falling by a blowout score of  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: If the nagging injuries of Chris Paul and Blake Griffin don’t go away soon, the second-round playoff series between the Clippers and Spurs may be over sooner than later. Los Angeles couldn’t close out its series against Memphis in Game 6 after Paul re-aggravated a strained groin and Griffin sprained his knee in Game 5. Both were marginally more effective in Game 7, but it was the bench that stepped up to get the win and cover the NBA spread.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Miami Heat just lost a member of its Big 3 for an indefinite amount of time.

Chris Bosh drove into the lane, dunked and got fouled during the first half of Game 1 on Sunday. The free throw he made might be the last shot he takes for the remainder of the series, and possibly the playoffs. B  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: Basketball bettors that have backed the San Antonio Spurs regularly this year treated their mothers to a fancy Mother’s Day dinner.

The Spurs covered more NBA spreads than any team in 2011-12. They are 42-20-4 ATS overall, including the postseason. They didn’t cash in the series finale at Utah but that loss snapped a 13-0 ATS run.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: Down by eight going into halftime, the Miami Heat rallied back to beat the visiting Indiana Pacers 95-86 on Sunday afternoon, thanks in large part to a dominating fourth quarter. Miami comes into this series after taking down an injury and dram plagued New York Knicks team that never truly gave the Heat a challenge. The Pacers, meanwhile, took advantage of an Orlando Magic team missing Dwight Howard. With both sides riding high, this series should remain as competitive as game one, so do not miss this opportunity to bet on the NBA playoffs.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Los Angeles Clippers and the Memphis Grizzlies came together on Sunday afternoon for an old fashioned NBA playoff slugfest. Like something out of the 80’s, the Grizz and Clips went at each other all night, diving for loose balls, hammering anyone going in for a layup, and leaving nothing on the floor in a crucial game 7. Heading into this one, the spread listed the Clippers as 7.5-point underdogs. If you didn’t take L.A. with your bet on the NBA playoffs, then I may not be able to help you, as 7.5 seems like a sure thing kind of spread.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The upcoming second round series between the Los Angeles Clippers and the San Antonio Spurs features two teams similar in the make up of the roster, but widely different in approach. Both teams have top point guards capable of singlehandedly taking over a game, star power forwards, and scorers off the bench. However, t  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: When you go to bet on the NBA playoffs, you likely take it on a game-to-game basis, throwing down daily wagers depending on home court advantage and the situation of the series. That makes sense, as it pays to get all the information on the object of your wager. However, if you want to take advantage of lucrative betti  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: Kobe Bryant said that Metta World Peace was the one guy he could count on to play hard every night and the player formerly known as Ron Artest proved to be the difference in Saturday night’s series - clinching victory. The Lakers disposed of the Denver Nuggets by a score of 96 - 87 in Game 7. They covered the NBA odds as 5.5 - point favorites, and now have to quickly regroup to face the Thunder in Round 2.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The second-round series between the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers may not be played at a snail’s pace like many basketball bettors expected. Oddsmakers released the second-lowest total ( 170 . 5 ) of the NBA Playoffs for Game 1. Both teams shot 44 percent from the field and a late surge by Boston gave it a 92 - 91 victory.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: When things got tough for the Lakers, they just threw size at the problem. It seemed to work alright, as the Los Angeles Lakers held on to defeat the Denver Nuggets in the series clinching game 7 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Nuggets scrapped back to take the lead in the fourth after trailing by as much as 16. However, the inside game of Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum proved too daunting for Denver, who failed to cover the spread with a score of 96-87.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: Rajon Rondo and Kevin Garnett have made it clear to the league that this Boston Celtics team, though ancient and rickety, has plenty of bite for an old dog, as they took down the young and scrappy Philadelphia 76ers in the first game of this second round match up. This was your chance to start your bets on the second round of the NBA playoffs, as the live lines listed the Boston Celtics as the favorites against the spread.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Memphis Grizzlies came into the Staples Center on Friday night in a desperate situation. With a loss, they would find themselves heading home for the offseason far earlier than desired. However, with a key victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, the Grizz will now head back home with momentum, looki  Continue...