{"id":11156,"date":"2011-04-14T23:53:49","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T23:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=11156"},"modified":"2011-04-15T16:37:40","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T16:37:40","slug":"2011-nba-playoff-betting-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/2011-nba-playoff-betting-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 NBA Playoff Betting Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

We shall allow others to defend or mock the NBA zigzag theory ad nausea. For the few not familiar, it basically says bet a playoff team off a straight up loss. However, we will list which playoff teams are best against the spread off straight up wins and straight up losses in 2010-11.<\/p>\n

The top teams to bet on off a straight up loss:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Team<\/td>\nATS Record<\/td>\nMargin of cover<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chicago<\/td>\n14-5-1<\/td>\n+6.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boston<\/td>\n16-10<\/td>\n+2.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philadelphia<\/td>\n24-15-1<\/td>\n+4.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denver<\/td>\n18-13<\/td>\n+1.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Now to the best teams to bet against off a straight up loss:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Team<\/td>\nATS Record<\/td>\nMargin of cover<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miami<\/td>\n7-16-1<\/td>\n-5.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dallas<\/td>\n9-16<\/td>\n-1.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LA Lakers<\/td>\n10-15<\/td>\n-4.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Here are the best teams against the spread to bet on off a straight up win:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Team<\/td>\nATS Record<\/td>\nMargin of cover<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miami<\/td>\n33-24<\/td>\n+2.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denver<\/td>\n25-21-4<\/td>\n+2.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Perhaps, not surprising, the best teams to fade off a win failed to make the playoffs (Washington, Houston, Sacramento, Utah), but these are the best postseason teams to bet against when coming off a straight up victory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Team<\/td>\nATS Record<\/td>\nMargin of cover<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indiana<\/td>\n15-21-1<\/td>\n-2.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Atlanta<\/td>\n19-25<\/td>\n-2.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a> has now added Bill Tanner to their arsenal of handicappers<\/a>. Tanner is the all-time winningest NBA handicapper on Power of 620 sports services<\/a> behind every selection, the MasterLockLine, tracing back to the scorephone days of the early 1980s.<\/p>\n

\u201cRenamed \u201csweat meter\u201d in Chad Millman of ESPN\u2019s column, Margin of Cover (MOC) is similar to scoring margin, but it is measured by how much a team covers or fails to cover the point spread.<\/p>\n

Many sports handicappers<\/a> believe MOC is invaluable in isolating under and overvalued teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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