In the NBA, how often can you middle with a half point?

[seriousaddiction]

^agreed...when I get a game at say -3 and it moves to -5 or -6 I chalk it up as having great value and pat myself on the back for sniffing out a bad line. Only time I will do a middle is if I have a 6, 6.5 and it goes to 7.5 or 8 in Football

 

[patswin]

The number 2 because you have a tie game working for you, which means a team has a chance for a last second bucket to win the game by 2..........similar to a winning FG in football, but not nearly to that degree.

The number 7 becasue in a close game, teams will foul late, and for whatever reasons, the number 7 just happens to fall more often than other numbers other than the number 2(but they are very close). Some will argue the number 5 is just as "live" as the number "7".......but I disagree.

If your not paying more then 7 cents for a half point around the numbers 2, 5, and 7, you have a longterm win.

Interesting, Pinny charges anywhere from 8-12 cents to buy on or off these numbers

 

[whalewager]

Middles aren't for everyone. If you have way the best of the line, you shouldn't middle. You give me a 5 point middle in college baskets though and I will middle almost everytime. Around 3 and 7 in foots? Middle everytime.

 

[HinesWard86]

i always say fuck the middle

if i got -2 and it goes to -4 buy more as you are about to have a huge payday...

I got these at the exact same time

 

[Fishhead]

Interesting, Pinny charges anywhere from 8-12 cents to buy on or off these numbers

.....and well they should.

 

[nimue77]

That would hit something like 5% of the time.

Both of these are very good books, one is A rated and one is B rated. I am just curious as to the profitability of the half point in the NBA. For example, is it still profitable if New Orleans was -2 at +110 and Minnesota was +2.5 at -115. Do you have any idea triply try? I know this is killer long-term in the NFL, but I honestly don't know much about NBA

 

[nimue77]

7 is best in NBA, 8 is best in NCAA.

From 1-7 in college basketball, every number is live...agree that 7 is better than 5...two posessions can still win with the 5....