If there is one thing that the pros at FiveStarPick.com know, it’s that losing teams can make you money in the NBA Playoffs.  Many bettors believe that sub .500 teams in the playoffs are simply no match for the elite teams. That’s true when you are taking teams straight-up, but the NBA’s elite teams were just 26-65 against the spread when playing sub .500 playoff teams in last year’s playoffs.   To break it down further, sub .500 teams were 14-7-3 when playing off two days of rest; 27-15-4 in Games 2 and 3; 13-7-1 in games whenever the Total was 208 or more points.  In addition, sub .500 teams were 9-3 against the spread when coming off a loss of 20 or more points.

Let’s dive further into the numbers, shall we?  In last year’s playoffs, whenever a team was upset as a favorite in an opening round game and was at home in the game immediately thereafter, they were 45-25-1 against the spread.  If they were upset at home and returned home for the next game, they improve to 33-16-1, including 23-9-1 if off a loss of 5 or more points.   Pretty convincing trends…

What we mean by this is don’t be afraid of the dogs!!!

Now…let’s talk about teams listed as double-digit underdogs in the first round of the playoffs.  Many do very well, especially when coming off a playoff loss.  These double-digit dogs were 23-12-1 against the spread in last year’s NBA Playoffs, including 20-8-1 if they were a dog of 8 or more points the previous game. 

Division rivals in the opening round of the NBA playoffs can be tricky.  It isn’t often you see division foes battling in the opening round of the playoffs, but first-round home teams coming off a playoff loss are 48-35-2 or nearly 58% against the spread. They improve to 29-15-2 if they score 90 or less points in the defeat.

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