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@WizeOwlSports
Apr 20, 20232 min read
NBA Playoffs Betting Guide: Teams With Theirs Backs Against the Wall
We detail an angle for backing teams down 0-2 in the NBA Playoffs. The Nets vs 76ers & Warriors vs Kings both fit this bill on Apr 20, 2023


@WizeOwlSports
Dec 15, 20221 min read
NBA Betting Guide: Fade home dogs on SU/ATS skids
We detail herein an angle for NBA action that has delivered statistically significant long-term profit (at the 95% confidence level)...


@WizeOwlSports
Feb 21, 20222 min read
NBA Feb 24, 2022 Action: Backing Quality Over Momentum After Allstar Pause
We detail herein a simple system that highlights 3 high-conviction ATS picks for the Feb 24, 2022 resumption of the NBA regular season...


@WizeOwlSports
Oct 19, 20211 min read
2021 NBA Opening Day: Defense Optional
We detail the thinking behind our expectation for a shootout in the 2021-22 NBA season opener featuring the Brooklyn Net at Milwaukee Bucks.


@WizeOwlSports
Oct 19, 20211 min read
2021 NBA Opening Day: Backing the Better Teams ATS
We have observed a tendency for the betting public to overweight last year's performance versus the number when handicapping NBA game 1's...


@WizeOwlSports
Jun 19, 20211 min read
2021 NBA Playoffs Action: Bookmakers Give Nets Game 7 Kiss of Death
In the limited number of instances where teams were favored by a bucket or less in NBA post-season game 7's, the short dog covered all...


@WizeOwlSports
Jun 15, 20211 min read
2021 NBA Playoff Action: The Beard Reportedly Likely for Bucks @ Nets, Game 5
The latest news is that James Harden will play in the fifth installment of the second round series between the Bucks and Nets Tuesday...


@WizeOwlSports
May 25, 20213 min read
2021 NBA Playoff Action: Zig, Don't Zag for Celtics @ Nets, Game 2
After defending home court and securing the cover in the 2021 NBA Eastern Conference two-seven opener, we like the Brooklyn Nets ATS again


@WizeOwlSports
Mar 24, 20212 min read
Mar 24th NBA Action: Brooklyn Nets @ Utah Jazz
...Hosting a short-handed Nets squad appears a prime spot to bet on the start of Utah's normalization. We are laying the chalk with the Jazz


@WizeOwlSports
Mar 11, 20212 min read
Mar 11th NBA Action: Riding Post-Allstar Break Playbook for Celtics @ Nets
Season-to-date record: 49-52-2, 49% Betting on an atypically low scoring game in Brooklyn: Celtics @ Nets u234.5 Brooklyn's 25-12 O/U...


@WizeOwlSports
Mar 1, 20213 min read
Mar 1st NBA Action: Nets ex-Durant @ Covid-Stripped Spurs
While not a slam dunk, the brunt of the relevant history-based and quantitative data at our disposal appears to point toward the Nets for...


@WizeOwlSports
Feb 13, 20211 min read
Feb 13th NBA Action: Backing Pacers and Nets Covers
Circumstances surrounding the Pacers and Nets set the stage for covers Saturday, in our opinion, as quality teams hitting the road after...


@WizeOwlSports
Feb 8, 20211 min read
Feb 9th NBA Action: Brooklyn Nets @ Detroit Pistons
Detroit has taken consecutive losses from the Warriors, Jazz, Suns and Lakers. As a silver lining to bettors though, the Pistons beat the...


@WizeOwlSports
Jan 13, 20211 min read
2020 NBA Action: Siding with the Dogs in the Battle for New York
We are getting down on the home dogs, as history hints that the present is a solid spot for the Knicks to secure the cover in the lone...


@WizeOwlSports
Jan 8, 20211 min read
2020 NBA Action: The Roads Less Traveled
Since 2005, road teams have covered about 51% of regular season NBA games, exhibiting a modest edge over teams playing in the comfort of...


@WizeOwlSports
Jan 3, 20211 min read
2020 NBA Action: Washington Wizards @ Brooklyn Nets
FiveThirtyEight's NBA forecasting framework makes the Nets 7-7.5 points better then the Wizards Sunday, suggesting value with the road...


@WizeOwlSports
Jan 1, 20212 min read
2020 NBA Action: Fading Two New Year's Day Home Favorites
We have observed that early in the regular NBA season, betting against home teams off one or more consecutive ATS losses that are...


@WizeOwlSports
Dec 24, 20201 min read
2020 NBA Christmas Day Action: Betting the Celtics @ Nets Total
Our computers favor u228.5 when the Nets host the Celtics in Christmas Day NBA action Thursday afternoon. Consistent with this indication...
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