Sports betting odds on basketball are easy to understand.There are many ways to bet on basketball, both pro and college. Let’s take a look at basketball sports betting odds. Sports betting pointspreads are the most common way to wager on basketball. For example, if you saw a sports betting basketball line that read, Detroit Pistons -5/Miami Heat +5, you would have your choice of taking Miami, who would win the bet by either winning the game straight up or losing by less than five points, or you could take Detroit, who would have to win the game by more than five points to win the bet. If Detroit won the game by exactly five points, the game would be a “push” which means a tie and all of the Internet sports betting gamblers would get their money back.
Another form of basketball sports betting odds is the money line. This is where you don’t have any sports betting pointspreads as you simply have to pick the straight up winner. Instead of the Internet sports betting pointspread, you either lay odds on the favorite or take odds on the dog. Using our above example matchup, the Internet sports betting money line would read something like Detroit -180 or Miami +160. Sports betting gamblers wanting Detroit would bet $180 to win $100, while Miami backers would lay out $100 to win $160.
Another form of basketball sports betting odds is totals. In this form of basketball sports betting, you would not worry about who would win the game or cover the spread but instead simply wager on whether or not the combined score between the two teams in a sports betting matchup would go over or under a set number posted on the Internet sports betting boards by the oddsmakers. For example, if you saw the Detroit/Miami sports betting matchup with a total of 200, you would bet on whether or not the combined score between the Pistons and Heat would go over or under that number of 200. If the game ended with a combined score of exactly 200, it would be a push.
Those are the basic sports betting odds you will see as you bet basketball games this season. They are all very easy to understand and give you great opportunities to make money.