NBA Basketball Betting Guide

The NBA is the premier Basketball Betting league in the US and as we get good TV coverage of some of the major games, NBA betting while small on the greater scale of things is popular amongst the basketball fans.

The NBA is divided between the East and West Conference with 6 divisions with each division having five teams. To progress in the NBA the top two teams qualify for the playoffs along with two wild cards. The main teams are the LA Lakers, the San Antonio Spurs, the Chicago Bulls, the Detroit Pistons and the New Jersey Nets.

NBA betting largely concentrates on handicaps and point spreads and like most sports betting unless you are fully conversant with the sport you should look elsewhere for you betting entertainment. There are a number of online bookmakers who will offer odds on all the main basketball games and these bookmakers are listed here and will give offer NBA basketball free betting promotions for new customers.