Gotta love the crackerjacks. Basketball is a game of ebbs and flows. When there are more of the latter initially, it will more often than not pay to play value on the wagers of great RX handicappers like Action or Falcon or Stevie Ray or United or SpidUR (more...).
Following takes guts. Takes faith. Second halves when you've already risking a game line or total that after a half looks out of reach takes double.
But as one of the RX's best taught me years ago. When you're confident in a play (or a handicapper possibly plus Johnny Linesmaker), match your game bet with a value-added 2H play. More often than not you'll break even or hit both halves. Sure you will lose double sometimes, but this will be the exception and not the rule.