by Dutchy » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:06 pm
good article of betting stats on the NBA at the All Star break -
At the break
The Boston Celtics not only enter the All-Star break with the best record in the NBA (41-9), but also the league’s best record against the spread (32-17-1). Additionally, Boston is 6-2-1 ATS in its last nine games without the injured Kevin Garnett. The Miami Heat own the distinction of having the league’s poorest spread record at 18-32-1.
LAS VEGAS – The Los Angeles Lakers (32-19-1), New Orleans Hornets (31-19-1), Orlando Magic (33-20-1), Detroit Pistons (31-21) and Washington Wizards (30-21-1) also have strong spread records.
The only team even close to Miami in having a terrible spread mark is New Jersey (19-22-2).
Boson has an excellent 16-10 (61 percent) ATS home record. But Utah is No. 1 against the number when playing at home, going 16-7 (69 percent). However, Boston owns the best spread record against above-.500 teams (14-8), with Sacramento close behind (14-9).
New Orleans has the best spread record against below .500 teams (17-9). Surprisingly, the Dallas Mavs are just 9-15-1 ATS versus teams with a losing record.
Detroit owns the second-best home spread mark at 15-9 (62 percent). Denver is 16-11 (59 percent) at Pepsi Center. It’s certainly not shocking that the Heat have the worst home mark versus the spread at 7-19 (26 percent).
The Nets have the second-worst home spread record at 8-19 (29 percent). Chicago and Cleveland, each at 8-16 (33 percent), also have problems covering the spread at home.
New Orleans and Orlando feature the top road pointspread marks. The Hornets are 18-8 (69 percent), while the Magic are 20-9 (69 percent). The Lakers (18-9) and Celtics (14-7) aren’t far behind.
The Charlotte Bobcats have the worst road pointspread mark by far at 7-14 (33 percent).
Boston and Detroit have the greatest average margin of victory. The Celtics are defeating opponents by an average of 10 points per game, while the Pistons have been victorious by an average of eight points a game. No other team has an average victory margin of more than six points.
Miami, Minnesota and Seattle all have the highest average losing margin. All three are dropping games by an average of more than seven points. The Milwaukee Bucks have the fourth-worst losing margin, falling by an average of 6 1/2 points per contest.
Golden State not only has the league’s top offense, it is also the No. 1 ‘over’ team. The ‘over’ is 28-22 (56 percent) in the clubs first 50 contests. Other strong ‘over’ teams are Sacramento (26-21), New York (29-23) and Toronto (28-23).
The best ‘under’ teams have been San Antonio (32-18), Minnesota (30-19), Seattle (31-20), Los Angeles Clippers (30-20) and Portland (31-21).
Other interesting statistics at the break appear below.
* Boston is 16-0 SU against Western Conference squads.
* Utah is on a 12-game home winning streak.
* Sacramento has won 13 straight overtime outings.
* Boston is 25-1 SU in games decided by 10 points or more.
*Golden State is 7-1 SU in games decided by three points or less.
*Detroit is 22-1 SU when scoring 100 points or more.
*Philadelphia is 1-17 SU when allowing 100 points or more.
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