Sports Betting: Burpie’s Picks
When people think of sports betting they think that all you have to do is just pick who is going to win or lose the game and that will determine whether or not they win. Some people don’t even know the jargon used in the sports betting world than just bet on the winner or loser. I’m going to tell you in this article the words used and what they mean in the world of betting. I am also going to tell you which team to bet as the winner tonight in game 2 of the New York Knicks vs the Indiana Pacers.
The Knicks are the odds on favorite to win this game according to the odds makers in Vegas by -4.5 points. For those who don’t know what the -4.5 points mean and why there is a negative sign in front of the numbers, here’s your explanation. This means the Knicks are projected to win by at least 4.5 points and they can’t win by more than 4.5. points. This way of betting is called betting on the money line. You have “the spread” which is a number set by the oddsmakers in Vegas to level the playing field between two teams. You have the “parlay” which is really your sports bet slip. that’s the sheet that shows all the bets you placed, for example. if you bet on the Knicks/Pacers game but you also bet on how many points the Pacers and Knicks players will score individually. Those 2 bets on your slip are what make up your parlay.
The money line is your straight up bet, you choose which team will win. That simple. The over under is a collective number that you think both teams will put up together. Will they score more than that set number or less than that amount?
For this game, you want to take the hot hand and lean on them. That hand is Jalen Brunson, he’s scored 40 or more points in 4 straight games and I don’t think that streak ends tonight. Take the Knicks moneyline for tonight’s game and for the in game bets take Jalen scoring 40 or more points, also take Halliburton scoring more than 20 points tonight and he might mess around and get a triple double because of how badly he played in Game 1.