NBA Public Betting Trends – Daily Bet and Money Percentages

NBA Public Betting Splits for Friday, October 23

Friday brings a massive 12-game NBA slate, headlined by an Eastern Conference showdown between the Knicks and Celtics at TD Garden, an afternoon clash between the Bulls and Bucks in Milwaukee, and a late-night Battle of Los Angeles between the Clippers and Lakers. Aggregated public-betting splits show several key imbalances on Oct 23:

• The New York Knicks (+116) feature the widest bets-to-handle disparity on the moneyline board: attracting only 35% of the bets but commanding 49% of the money on the road against the Celtics. This +14% stake-to-ticket divergence points to notable sharp backing on New York, while public tickets lean toward Boston (-135, 65% bets / 51% handle).
• The Portland Trail Blazers (-10) have the day’s most heavily-backed spread handle at 95% of the money, capturing 95% of the handle on 90% of the spread bets on the road against the Kings (+10.5, 10% bets / 5% handle).
• The top O/U handle belongs to the Over 226.5 in Atlanta vs Charlotte, securing a slate-high 95% of the money on 95% of the total tickets. Close behind are the Over 237.5 in Toronto vs Washington (92% handle / 92% bets) and the Over 240.5 in Dallas vs Indiana (90% handle / 88% bets).

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What Are NBA Betting Trends and How Do I Use Them?

Every bet placed on NBA games is tracked and entered in to a system at your sportsbook of choice. Using all those transactions, bettors, analysts and fans alike can track trends based off the total number of bets placed and total amount of money bet on any game across the spread, moneyline or over/under total markets.

With that data, you can see the public consensus (as well as where the sharp money is) for every game before placing your bet.

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What’s the Difference Between Bet and Money Percentages?

Money percentages – or percent of the handle – refers to the total amount of money wagered on an event, often broken down by bet type.

The money percentage pools all the money wagered on any game together, first sorting it by the type of bet (moneyline, spread, or total points scored), and then breaks down what percentage of the handle is bet on each side.

Whichever side the handle is weighted to can signal the sharp action (if the amount of tickets on that side are low), or if that side is being heavily bet by the public (if the ticket percentage is high).

Bet percentages, meanwhile, are frequently referred to as “% of tickets” or “% of bets”. Tickets are just a term used for all the bets placed.

To get the bet percentage, you look at all the bets placed (regardless of the amount of money risked on each one), again, sorting first by the type of bet, and then look at the percentage of tickets on each side of the game.

This can help identify which side both high-stakes and low-stakes players are trending towards.

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Noticing Sharp Action While Betting on the NBA

As broken down above, ticket percentage does not consider the amount risked on each ticket – it just counts each bet placed. If we compare the bet percentage and money percentage of the same team (for the same bet type), you’ll notice the sharp action if the figures aren’t similar.

For example, if the Lakers have 86% of the tickets bet against the spread, but only has 47% of the money, we now know the bets being placed on the Lakers are quite small – or the bets being placed on the opponent are quite large.

A noticeable difference between a team’s bet and money percentages can help signal sharp action. In order to calculate this, just subtract their bet percentage from their money percentage. If the result is a positive number, you’ve got larger bets being placed on this team. If the result is a negative number, you’ve got larger bets being placed on the other team.

While that’s not a 100% accurate formula to determine the sharp action, it can give you a general idea of where the money is.

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Know the Trends? Time to Pick an NBA Betting Promo

Now that you’ve looked into NBA public betting trends, you’ll want to make sure you’ve claimed as many sweet sportsbook promos as possible before placing your bets.

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