{"id":2976,"date":"2024-10-23T04:42:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T04:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2024-11-23T22:09:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T22:09:04","slug":"money-baller-betting-report-nba-wednesday-october-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/2024\/10\/23\/money-baller-betting-report-nba-wednesday-october-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Money Baller Betting Report &#8211; NBA &#8211; Wednesday, October 23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome Ballers! Nice 2-0 to start the NBA season yesterday!  See below for a Game 1 system and some notes on a few of the matchups.  For games not listed, we didn&#8217;t find any meaningful trends\/systems worth noting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Published:  Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 11:42 PM CT<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Game 1 System<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Road underdogs in their first regular season game when they won their previous head-to-head matchup have gone 30-15-1 ATS since the 2011-2012 season.  This is active on the <mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Nets and Bulls<\/mark> for Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-16-1024x343.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-16-1024x343.png 1024w, https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-16-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-16-768x257.png 768w, https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-16-1536x514.png 1536w, https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-16-2048x686.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><br><strong>Brooklyn Nets @ Atlanta Hawks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hawks: <strong>29-54 ATS<\/strong> (9-18 ATS as home favorites) last season<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Road underdogs in their first regular season game when they won their previous head-to-head matchup have gone <strong>30-15-1 ATS<\/strong> since the 2011-2012 season.  This is active on the Nets and Bulls for Wednesday evening.<br>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TMB thoughts:  The Hawks have proven to be one of the least reliable teams ATS, and we don\u2019t believe they deserve to be 8-point favorites here. <strong>We\u2019re backing the Nets +8.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><br><strong>Orlando Magic @ Miami Heat<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Heat&#8217;s Opponents: <strong>11-21 1H Team Total O\/U <\/strong>as home favorites<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magic: <strong>11-20 1H Team Total O\/U<\/strong> as road underdogs<br>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TMB thoughts:  These lines are not always readily available, but the 1H Team Total trends were interesting last season.  No lines are available right now, but the Orlando 1H Team Total Under is something to keep an eye on for tomorrow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><br><strong>Cleveland Cavaliers @ Toronto Raptors<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raptors: <strong>3-20 SU and 5-18 ATS<\/strong> as home underdogs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raptors: went <strong>3-21 SU<\/strong> to end the season last year.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We\u2019re high on the Cavs this season and see little reason for optimism with the Raptors. If you can get the <strong>Cavs -6.5 or better<\/strong>, we\u2019re on board with that play.<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Milwaukee Bucks @ Philadelphia 76ers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bucks: <strong>7-20 1H ATS<\/strong> as road favorites.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TMB thoughts:  With Embiid out, has the line shifted too far in the Bucks\u2019 favor? We\u2019re passing on this one, but it&#8217;s worth noting the Bucks&#8217; struggles in the 1H last season. Philly, playing at home, might come out with extra energy to compensate for their missing star.  We&#8217;ve seen this &#8220;Injured Player Theory&#8221; prove successful int he past.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Chicago Bulls @ New Orleans Pelicans<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pelicans: <strong>20-11-1 1H ATS<\/strong> as home favorites.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Road underdogs in their first regular season game when they won their previous head-to-head matchup have gone <strong>30-15-1 ATS<\/strong> since the 2011-2012 season.  This is active on the Nets and Bulls for Wednesday evening.<br>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TMB thoughts:  With conflicting trends and both teams integrating new players, we don\u2019t see a clear edge worth backing in this game.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Charlotte Hornets @ Houston Rockets<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rockets: <strong>14-4 ATS<\/strong> as home favorites.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hornets: <strong>14-25-1 ATS <\/strong>as road underdogs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hornets: <strong>11-27-2 1H Team Total O\/U<\/strong> as road underdogs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rockets: held opponents to <strong>5-13 1H Team Total O\/U <\/strong>as home favorites.<br>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TMB thoughts:  The trends clearly favor the Rockets, and the market is high on them as well. We\u2019re backing <strong>Rockets -6.5<\/strong>, and off the record, we\u2019ll also be watching for a potential Hornets 1H Team Total Under.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Golden State Warriors @ Portland Trail Blazers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Warriors: <strong>17-2 SU<\/strong> as road favorites.<br>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TMB thoughts:  We don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s any action here, but thought this was an interesting trend if you were looking for a ML parlay piece.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Ballers! Nice 2-0 to start the NBA season yesterday! See below for a Game 1 system and some notes on a few of the matchups. For games not listed, we didn&#8217;t find any meaningful trends\/systems worth noting. Published: Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 11:42 PM CT Game 1 System Road underdogs in their first regular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-2976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-betting","category-commentary","tag-nba"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2976"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2991,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions\/2991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}