Sunday, November 05, 2006

NBA Betting?



This year the NBA All-Star game is held in Las Vegas, the gambling capital of the US. I recently read this article, "NBA Basketball Betting" by Sebastien Veilleux which stated the following:

"Imagine that it's half time in Basketball and Football, it's the 5th inning in Baseball and it's the 2nd period in hockey. Which of these four following scenarios have the best outcome?

1. The team you bet on in Baseball is down by 6 runs.
2. The team you bet on in Hockey is down by 3 goals.
3. The team you bet on in Football is down by 21 points.
4. The team you bet on in NBA Basketball is down by 22 points.

The answer, of course, is number four. Scores are hard to come by in the first three options. While comebacks happen sometimes, in the NBA, teams always go on runs. Each season is filled with games where a team was down 10,15, even 20 points and came back to win."

As a fan of sports in general, I love watching teams come back no matter what the situation. Sure its cooler to see in the NBA, but to discount all those other possibilities and say its more likely in basketball is funny. The other scenarios he mentions are very plausible and I almost think that the baseball one seems more likely these days. 4 innings to come back from 6 down, unless you are facing a monster of a pitcher, I'd take my chances. I also witnessed the Bears Defense come back from 23 down a few Monday nights ago to win a game. I've seen some nice comebacks in the NBA, but I wouldn't bet on a 22 point NBA comeback more often than any other situation listed.

Labels:



Subscribe to Love & Basketball Blog


Get Email Updates from this Blog:

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Share and Bookmark
 
Add to Google
 
 
 
 
Subscribe in NewsGator Online
 
 
Add to My AOL
 

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home