Did you know that you don’t have to limit your wagers to the full game in NBA betting? How many times have you had the right side in an NBA game only to have the other team get a backdoor cover? One way to avoid the backdoor cover is to bet quarters. You don’t have to worry about anything other than your team covering the spread for a single quarter. There are a number of advantages to NBA quarters betting. Let’s take a look at some of them.
NBA Quarters Betting
When it comes to NBA quarters betting the spreads definitely look different, as the numbers are smaller, but the principle is the same. You are just looking for your team to cover the spread or you are looking for a high scoring or low scoring quarter. The sportsbook sets the number for the individual quarter and you can bet it just as you would a full game line. There will be a side and a total for each individual quarter of a game. For example, let’s say that you really like Houston at home against Minnesota but you are very leery about laying 10 points. The spread for the first quarter is listed at 3.5-points, so you take the Rockets and lay 3.5-points for the first quarter. Or perhaps you think the Rockets are a better bet in the second quarter so you lay -2.5 for the second quarter.
The total on the game is listed at 214, but if you feel more confident in betting just a single quarter you can bet over or under that number. For example, the first quarter total would likely be listed at around 55. The number would go down in the second quarter to about 54 and the number would drop a little for the third and fourth quarters to around 52.5 or 53.
Most sportsbooks are now offering quarter betting on NBA games. Just as you would with a full game pointspread, you should try and get the best number possible. Oftentimes the spread on a quarter won’t move nearly as fast or as much as a full game pointspread, so keep that in mind. You can usually find a better number on a quarter on an NBA game that is getting a lot of late line movement.
NBA Quarters Betting Strategy
There are a lot of different things you can do with NBA quarters betting. If you really like a team to win a game you could bet that team in the first quarter and then continue betting individual quarters throughout the game. You may also want to double up if you happen to lose the first quarter. You also have the option of simply taking your profits and stopping if you bet the first quarter and won. There are definitely a lot of different options to consider when you are betting NBA quarters.
One strategy that has nothing to do with either team in NBA quarters betting is to simply bet on the team that lost the first quarter and then double up if they lose the second quarter and then double up again if they lose the third quarter. It is rare for a team to win and cover the spread in all four quarters of an NBA game. You can do the same thing with the total, as you go against what happened in the first quarter and then bet the opposite way.
Another option with quarters betting in the NBA is to take advantage of how the game is going and bet accordingly. If you see that one team or another has their star player in foul trouble you can bet against that team in the next quarter. You may also notice that a star player is simply having an off night and decide to bet against that team. This is just another option you have when betting NBA quarters that you don’t have when betting the full game pointspread.
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