{"id":78,"date":"2025-02-20T12:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2025-03-31T11:17:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T11:17:05","slug":"basketball","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/blog-bball4.jpg\" alt=\"Basketball Page Banner Picture\" class=\"wp-image-136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/blog-bball4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/blog-bball4-300x48.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/blog-bball4-768x123.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0efa91e1ee68d3d678c9b5eef4ef41eb\" style=\"color:#2005ad\"><strong>Basketball Betting References!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-238794dfbee6453bc56f2a410e7c3a47\" style=\"color:#2005ad\"><strong>Type of Basketball Bets<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>There are various types of basketball bets generally available. While the ones we will list below are some of the most common, <strong>sportsbooks<\/strong> can make available additional bets or opt not to make some of the following available.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-21be7307ac02f55e2c9edf3868044861\" style=\"color:#2005ad\"><strong>Money line Bet<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an outright market. You bet on a team at given odds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e27d5e02efc9dc9686febe6d453cea5b\" style=\"color:#2005ad\"><strong>First Half Money Line Bet<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This in an outright market to determine which team will be leading at halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1b2df7bf280d36d626085caa69c1821c\" style=\"color:#2005ad\"><strong>First Quarter Money Line Bet<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an outright market to determine which team will be leading at the end of the first quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4cb7dd5142a16443370af8c4f513dcc1\" style=\"color:#2005ad\"><strong>Handicap or Spread Betting<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this market, the favorite is allocated a number of points with a minus (-) sign. For example, if the Boston Celtics are showing -10.5, the team will have to win by more than this figure for you to win the bet.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/blog-bball1b.jpg\" alt=\"Basketball Page Inside Picture\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/blog-bball1b.jpg 600w, https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/blog-bball1b-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b7a3bb7a2554063680de621c11780b7d\" style=\"color:#2005ad\"><strong>First-Half Point Spread<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This market ends at halftime. Handicap rules apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eb0e3ec852535feb39f9d36095149a24\" style=\"color:#2005ad\"><strong>First Quarter Point Spread<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This market ends at the end of the first quarter. Handicap rules apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1d6c6f2df0fbed59c9dc9edd85e86235\" style=\"color:#2005ad\"><strong>Total Points Over\/Under<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The total number of points scored by both teams determines the winner of this market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8b473d134619913fa8a3df9eb982b830\" style=\"color:#2005ad\"><strong>First Half Total Points<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The total number of points scored by both teams at halftime determines the winner of this market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-90df65f02f6eacef4bffa8ecba82c547\" style=\"color:#2005ad\"><strong>First Quarter Total Points<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The total number of points scored by both teams at the end of the first quarter determines the winner of this market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Send us an Email to: <a href=\"mailto:support@goalsodds.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support@goalsodds.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basketball Betting References! Type of Basketball Bets There are various types of basketball bets generally available. While the ones we will list below are some of the most common, sportsbooks can make available additional bets or opt not to make some of the following available. Money line Bet This is an outright market. You bet &#8230; <a title=\"Basketball\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/basketball\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Basketball\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294,"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}