Posted on
4/11/2008 1:31:10 PM
NBA Basketball Betting - New Jersey at Toronto
By Charles Jay
WHO: New Jersey Nets (32-46 SU, 32-45-1 ATS) at Toronto Raptors (39-39 SU & ATS)
WHERE: Air Canada Centre in Toronto
WHEN: Friday, April 11 at 7:05 PM ET
BetUS NBA betting odds: Toronto -9, Total 203
In the HEAD-to-HEAD NBA basketball betting trends:
* The teams have split the last ten games SU
* Seventeen of the last 25 meetings have gone UNDER the total
* TOR is 4-2-1 ATS in the last seven meetings as the home team
* TOR has won five of the last six meetings SU as the home team
* NJ has made more three-pointers in six of the last eight meetings
New Jersey has averaged 11.4 offensive rebounds a game and 42.4 rebounds overall. The Nets have shot 44.1% from the field as a team. Also:
* NJ has lost five of its last six games SU
* NJ has lost 12 of its last 13 road games SU
* NJ has covered two of its last six games
* NJ has covered two of its last ten road games
Toronto has shot 81.3% from the line, best in the league. The Raptors are surrendering 97.7 points a game overall, and 95.5 ppg at home (10th). Also:
* TOR has lost 16 of its last 22 games SU
* TOR has won 15 of its last 23 home games SU
* TOR has covered two of its last seven games
* TOR has covered four of its last 15 games
* TOR has covered two of its last six home games
* TOR has played nine of its last 13 games UNDER the total
New Jersey now has virtually no playoff chance, so it will be interesting to see who is going to continue playing as to stick around for next year. Who will be trade bait? Will coach Lawrence Frank be bait, period? We here in the sports betting community think he might. But there is nothing left to do in the Meadowlands. Toronto handled the Nets pretty easy in the first two meetings, although the Nets came back to surprise Toronto at home just six days ago (99-90). This would be a form of payback for the Raptors, who have an opportunity to catch Philadelphia for the fifth playoff spot and maybe even Washington, which might put them in a much better position for the first round.
The point is, there is a little motivation here. And New Jersey went ice cold against Cleveland in the fourth quarter when it mattered most, being outscored by a 28-9 count. Meanwhile, Chris Bosh is in nice form for Toronto, with 32 points and 11 rebounds in a rout of the Bucks on Wednesday. Five Raptors scored in double figures in that game, which was just their sixth win in a 22-game period.
The Nets out-shot the Raps from the free throw line 94% to 76% in that Saturday game; will that kind of thing happen again? We don't think so. Devin Harris, the guard acquired from Dallas for Jason Kidd, says, “At times we’re not on the same page…...defensively we still got some things to work out.” Indeed.
We'll lay the points with Toronto, the nine-point favorite in the BetUS NBA basketball betting odds.
JAY'S PLAY: TORONTO
You’ll find the latest 2007-2008 NBA odds and lines in the best online sportsbook, BetUS.com. Betting on NBA player and game props makes every aspect of the game exciting. Join BetUS.com today to bet on the NBA and make online sports betting work for you!
(Charles Jay of http://www.eBookies.com is a freelance writer and handicapper who not only can make his shots from the top of the key, but also contributes with gusto to the BetUS Locker Room)