SPORTS N STUFF

It was no secret that with so many games needed to be played in a much shorter time than usual that it would take a toll on National Basketball Association players but the injuries are hurting teams and it might get worse before it gets better.

How concentrated is this years season? Thanks to the Vegas Insider, stats are there for sports betting enthusiasts to evaluate.

Last year there were 0 four games in 5 nights scheduled but this year there are 218 situations like that where teams will have to step up.

There were also zero 5 games in 6 nights, 5 games in 7 nights or 6 games in 8 nights. But this season there are 29 times where teams have to play 5 in 6, 98 times where they will have to play 5 in 7 and 17 times going 6 games in 8 nights.

Online sports book players have to adjust accordingly obviously and the younger teams, the teams that are used to each other and the teams that have the stronger bench will all benefit by this kind of game layout.

Back-to-back road games have always been a place where betting enthusiasts could sink their teeth into and this year is no different.

San Antonio takes it on the chin in this department as they play 10 back-to-backs and only host 4 teams in that same situation.

Boston and Miami are right behind in that league as they play 7 consecutively but host 2 teams playing directly night-to-night.

The teams that have been the schedulers friend in this regard are the Minnesota Timberwolves, the New Jersey Nets, the New York Knicks, the New Orleans Hornets, the Phoenix Suns and the Utah Jazz.

All of these teams host between 9 and 11 teams that figure to come to town tired playing the second of back-to-backs.

To see how relevant and hard it can be to win consecutive games you have to delve into the past performances and take a historical look.

Early in the year the Houston Rockets had back to back games at Staples Center against the Lakers and the Clippers and they not only lost both, they failed to cover in both.

Milwaukee has really taken it hard on the pavement this season so far.

It started the second day of the year when they played hard but lost at Denver. They had to go to Utah the next night and failed to cover by 11. They then played their next 3 in a 4-day span and it was not good.

They lost straight up as the chalk in Sacramento, lost but covered to the Clips, then were blown out by Phoenix when failing to cover the line by just less than 9 points.

 The point is this; it order to have any chance at sport betting online success this year in the NBA online players need to go over the schedule with a fine-tooth comb and search and destroy spots where teams figure to be mad, tired, hurt, fatigued and not ready to play their optimum game.

Go the extra yard in this respect, and there WILL be rewards.