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NBA Betting Online: Sports betting is all about the “what have you done for me lately” school of thought.

Oddsmakers create their lines based on recent happenings and gamblers react to them on current data. But history cannot be ignored either. And this is where trends or situations come into play.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The National Basketball Association regular season ends on Wednesday, April 17.

Every single team hits the floor that night so there will be 15 sets of spreads, totals and moneylines on the betting board. Some squads are simply playing for pride and momentum for next season while others are trying to get into the playoffs or secure a better seed.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The bookies aren’t stupid. Just like Week 17 in the NFL, the unexpected and unknown looms over the final seven days of the NBA regular season. Superstars will be sitting and minor injuries will become risky to play through.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Chicago Bulls only have a few games left in the year, but considering the weight of their most recent win, they have to be feeling good heading into the postseason. The Bulls are officially stuck on the five seed, but their win on Thursday over the New York Knicks is one that could stick with them entering the playoffs. If the Bulls can play the same way in the first round against Brooklyn, they could surely find themselves in the second round. First, however, they must fight to keep that momentum in Monday night’s game against the Orlando Magic, a seemingly easy bet on NBA basketball.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Brooklyn Nets may not have had the dominating season that owner Mikhael Prokhorov hoped for, but they have played well enough to clinch home court advantage in the first round, meaning Brooklyn’s Barclays center will see its first postseason action here in the next week or two. However, the playoffs are not here yet, so the Nets need to stay focused in their remaining games, even if they mean nothing to the overall standings. The games are important for other reasons, like to bet on NBA basketball, and momentum heading into the postseason.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Dallas Mavericks are officially done. Mark Cuban’s Mavs won’t be in the playoffs for the first time since 2000, ending a 12-year postseason run. They were mathematically still in the hunt going into Wednesday but a head-scratching home loss eliminated them.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Milwaukee Bucks have absolutely zero momentum heading into the playoffs.

It’s not really going to matter anyway because they’re going to see Miami in the first round. That series will last all of four games.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers have flip-flopped season scripts the last couple of weeks

BookMaker is going to have a lot of betting options available for this highly-anticipated Western Conference matchup on Sunday. Along with the spread, total and moneyline, you can wager on team totals, team props, individual props and alternative lines. You can also use BookMaker’s live wagering platform to bet on the game during timeouts.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: As the old adage goes, “Revenge is a dish best served cold.”

Revenge will be weighing heavy on the minds of the Miami Heat players Sunday afternoon. They would love nothing more than to stick it to the team that ended their 27-game win streak last month.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Clippers are trying to climb in the standings to get home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs but it’s going to be an uphill battle. This matchup could go a long way in determining whether L.A. or Memphis gets home court. Since this is a nationally-televised contest, BookMaker sportsbook will offer a number of different betting options for it. Gamble on player props and individual team totals. Live wagering will also available for Saturday’s doubleheader on NBA TV.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: As the regular season winds down, this matchup between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Memphis Grizzlies looks a lot like a preview of a first round matchup in the upcoming NBA playoffs. If that does turn out to be the case, you will see a lot more of this showdown when you go to bet on NBA basketball over the next few weeks. It is a clash of styles, as Lob City goes toe to toe with the best defense in the league to see whether the immovable object can take down the unstoppable force. Head to BookMaker to check out these live lines as they should reveal something about the playoff as well.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Chicago Bulls are in the middle of a heated race for the fifth spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs, as they currently stand tied with the Atlanta Hawks.

The Bulls have hovered right above .500 over the entire year, and they look like they will finish out the year right around that mark as well.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Portland Trail Blazers are no stranger to one another, as the division foes used to fight it out from just hours away when the Thunder were still the Seattle Supersonics. The trip for Durant and company is no longer a quick trip down I-5, but much of the fervor and intensity between these two franchises still exists. The Blazers are well out of the playoff race now, but know that they would like nothing more than to surprise OKC here and keep them out of the top spot in the West. Do not completely count out the Blazers in this bet on NBA basketball.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Phoenix Suns are a mess. They have players actively admitting to tuning out the head coach, no true leader on the floor, and a record that puts them last in the Western Conference. Only the Orlando Magic and Charlotte Bobcats have better chances at the top spot in the lottery at this point, as the Suns have used a particularly helpful 10-game losing streak to climb ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the race for the bottom spot. At this point, I would not take the Suns against anyone when I go to bet on NBA basketball, as they look like a team that has decided that losing is acceptable.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The third and final stop on Oklahoma City’s road trip is a classic letdown spot. The Thunder beat Utah 90-80 on Tuesday night and then were scheduled to face a desperate Warriors club Thursday on national television. They could meet Golden State in the first round so the focus and effort will be at a high.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Celtics hope they don’t have to see the Heat again in a week or so.

Boston was 3.0 games up on the eighth-place Milwaukee Bucks going into Wednesday’s matchup versus Brooklyn. As long as the C’s stay in the seventh spot they don’t have to face Miami in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: Memphis is the team nobody wants to see when it comes playoff time.

The Grizzlies’ backups, and Mike Conley, essentially earned a 94-75 win over the pathetic Bobcats on Tuesday. Conley and reserves Jon Leuer, Ed Davis, Quincy Pondexter and Austin Daye opened the fourth quarter and extended a 3-point lead to 18.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks square off on Friday and there are massive playoff implications involved.

Let’s get the Nuggets’ scenario out of the way first since they’re already locked into the postseason. Going into Tuesday’s schedule, Denver was 1.0 game ahead of Memphis in the standings and 2.0 games ahead of the Clippers.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: t this point of the year, every game has a bearing on the playoff picture. This battle between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls is no different, as both sides have clinched the playoff at this point, but still have some work to do to solidify their seeds. The Knicks have used a massive hot streak here at the end of the year to jump into the driver’s seat for the two-seed behind the far superior Miami Heat, who had a pretty decent win streak of their own if you hadn’t heard.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: It would not happen were the playoffs to start today, but with five games to go for each team, the upcoming matchup between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Houston Rockets could potentially preview a first round matchup in the Western Conference playoffs. This matchup is an interesting case study for basketball minds, as the inside, defensive minded Grizzlies clash with the backcourt heavy, run and gun offense of the Houston Rockets. The league’s best offense meets the league’s top defense in this one, so a bet on NBA basketball will have to decide which unit prevails.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: There may not be a less interesting game in the league right now than the upcoming matchup between the Sacramento Kings and the New Orleans Hornets. You know things aren’t going well when the most interesting things about an upcoming matchup have nothing to do with the play on the court. Such is the case in this battle between the Kings and Hornets, as both sides have been battling off the court issues as of late, with Sac-Town’s a bit more pressing perhaps. This game needs the spice of a bet on NBA basketball, as otherwise it could be all but unwatchable.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Oklahoma City Thunder handled a brutal stretch of their schedule very well until Sunday.

They impressed in back-to-back wins versus San Antonio and at Indiana on Thursday and Friday, but came up short against New York over the weekend. Staked as an 8-point favorite, the Thunder lost 125-120 at home.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: Both the Pacers and Nets are hoping to move up in the conference standings before the playoffs start.

Both teams have already clinched playoff berths.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: Nobody can stop Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks right now. The Knicks extended their win streak to 12 games with a 125-120 victory over the best team in the Western Conference on Sunday. Playing on the road, New York upset the Thunder as 8-point underdogs.  Continue...

NBA Betting Online: The Brooklyn Nets have long since clinched the playoffs, as they currently sit in the fourth position in the Eastern Conference.

While reaching three-seed Indiana will be tough, as they are 3.5 games back with only 6 games left, the larger danger could be falling out of the top-4 and losing the home court advantage in the playoffs.  Continue...