Basketball, along with hockey, belongs to the category of the most unpredictable sports games. Perhaps this is what he attracts viewers around the world. But just watching the game and enjoying it is one thing. To guess the outcome of the match, you need a certain system. In this article, we will look at the most popular and effective basketball betting strategies. So let's get started.
Total Basketball Strategy
It is the most popular. In the painting of the match of any office there are at least three different totals. That is, players can bet “less” and “more” on several different outcomes. For example, that both teams will score from 170 to 190 points in the match. In addition, totals are accepted for fouls in quarters, penalties, three-pointers, etc. In the largest offices there is even a “total market” for basketball players. That is, you can put on three-pointer, fouls and penalties for each of the members of both teams.
Total calculation
To calculate, you need to analyze the five previous games of the teams in question. No less important is the statistics of personal meetings.
1. First, we calculate the amount of points that each team received in the last 5 games. We divide the result by five. As a result, we get the arithmetic mean value.
2. Now that we have this indicator, we can calculate further. Add three points to the total points of the home team, as well as one point for each game won from the last five. A loss takes one and a half points. We do the same with the guest team. The only thing is that you do not need to add three points at the beginning.
3. The next step is the analysis of personal meetings. Again, you need to calculate the arithmetic mean values for each command. Then they add up with the results obtained in paragraph No. 1, and are divided into two. The resulting number will be the most likely total of the match. Comparing it with the line of bookmakers, we can draw certain conclusions. If the amount you received is less than the total in the line of the office, then you need to select the total less. And vice versa.
Basketball betting is not limited to just total. There are other strategies. Move on.
Oscar Grind's Strategy
This is practically the only strategy that has a specific goal, namely, increasing the bankroll by one unit. This unit is the bet itself. Everything is simple. You don’t even need any basketball betting software.
For example, your bank is 100 rubles. You bet 10 rubles. The goal is to increase assets by these 10 rubles. That is, you need to increase the bank to 110 rubles. If the bet fails, then its size increases to 20 rubles. In the case of passing the goal is achieved. This strategy is also suitable for playing basketball tote. But for its successful application common sense is needed. Place bets with minimal risk and maximum odds.
Quarterly Betting (Basketball)
It can be both indicators of individual teams, and the total value. Players are asked to bet on which quarter the given indicator will be higher or which value will be the highest in the whole match. In fact, the outcome of the quarter is very difficult to predict. Therefore, this strategy is for the most part based on intuition and a superficial analysis of previous team games.
Corridor
All existing basketball betting strategies cannot compare in profitability with the corridor. This is the most profitable tactic. Corridor is the difference between opposing bets on a particular event. For example, two teams play and they have the following bets:
- 2 (0).
- F1 (–5.5).
- TM 166.
- TB 160.
As you can see, there is a difference of exactly six points between TM and TB. This is the corridor. If both teams can earn together from 161 to 165 points, then both bets will pass. With the number of points scored less than 161 only TM will pass. If more, then TB.
The same principle applies to handicap. Here the corridor is the difference of 7 points. Both bets will pass if the first team wins the second with an advantage of 6 points (or more).
There are corridors on the head start in different offices, since each of them has its own opinion on the game of teams. But the corridors to the total exist only at one bookmaker.
Time match
As mentioned above, there is no more profitable basketball betting strategy than the corridor. But if it’s good to master such tactics as a time match, then the winnings may even exceed the income from the game along the “corridors”. The essence of the time match is that the player makes bets on the outcome of the entire event or its first half. For example, team 1 and team 2 play football. Do you think that the first team will win in the first half, but in the end the second will win. You bet on it. Moreover, you can choose the outcomes for two teams at once.
No basketball betting strategies give such high odds as a time match. Despite the obvious outsider or favorite, the pot rarely drops below two. Therefore, you can make a decent profit, even by placing in two halves of the meeting on one winning team.
Live Betting
Recently, betting on basketball in LIVE mode has been gaining momentum. There are several strategies for this case, but we will talk about the most popular one. These are bets during the break of the match when bookmakers are preparing a new line for the 2nd half of the game. And they have very little time for this.
How can you make such bets? Everything is simple. You don’t even need any basketball betting software. They can be done directly from the site of the bookmaker by selecting the appropriate menu item. So what is the essence of the strategy itself?
A line in this type of betting is available to the player only for a few minutes before changing the odds. As a result, he has very little time for analysis. But the bookmaker is in a similar position. Analysts need to quickly make adjustments based on the results of the first half of the game. And here they can make a mistake, giving the event an overestimated coefficient.
Consider team motivation
In LIVE bets, this is one of the most important factors. When the game opens, the betting line reflects exclusively pre-match hands. The line during the break can differ significantly from it. And here it is important to understand the motivation of the teams. How focused is the favorite on the game? Can he come out relaxed in the 2nd half of the game and give the outsider an opportunity to catch up?
It often happens that, having gained leadership, the team loses motivation, despite the support of the coach and the fans. This may be a good opportunity for you. On the other hand, the team can work out the first half poorly and use the second for wagering. To successfully put LIVE in the second half of the event, you need to be not only a capper, but also partly a psychologist, correctly assessing the habits of the team and its character.
Select multiple matches for bets
In the evening, in the Eurobasket or at night in the NBA, several interesting events can take place at once. All of them need to be kept in mind. Indeed, it may be necessary to switch from one event to another in the absence of suitable rates. Therefore, ideally, it is worth watching several games at once and owning information on them, having analyzed the pre-match hands.
Search for a reason
A break is a good opportunity to carefully consider what you saw and find out why in the first half everything happened just like that, and not otherwise. Did he underestimate the opponent’s favorite or just have a bad day, what are the key players fouls, were there injuries that significantly affect the game, etc. If the pre-match hands do not correspond to what happened in the first half of the game, then you need to find reason for this. Otherwise, you may not even hope for success in LIVE bets.