The Hot Five – NBA Edition

The Hot Five – NBA Edition

(Data is through Tuesday’s game)

Atlanta Hawks – 3-1 SU – 4-0 ATS
The Atlanta Hawks have please NBA bettors this season with four straight ATS wins. Early sixth man of the year candidate Jamal Crawford has given the Hawks second unit some scoring punch taking some pressure off the starters. Good news for the Hawks, great news for NBA Bettors.

Boston Celtics – 5-0 SU – 4-1 ATS
The Celtics have been dominant, winners of their first five games and holding a 4-1 ATS record. Rasheed Wallace looks like he is having the same effect on the Celtics as he had his first year with the Pistons. NBA Bettors should ride the dominant Celtics to a lot of ATS wins.

Denver Nuggets – 4-0 SU – 3-1 ATS
Carmelo Anthony is leading the NBA in scoring and the Nuggets are winners of their first 4 games straight up and 3-1 against the spread. We knew the Nuggets were going to be good but not this good.
Warning to NBA bettors as the Nuggets continue to win the point spreads are going to rise higher.

Dallas Mavericks – 3-1 SU – 3-1 ATS
We picked the Mavericks as a dark horse team in the Western Conference. So far, our prediction looks like a good one. Dirk has been on fire as we saw last night as he put the Mavs on his shoulders and scored 29 4th quarter points to pull out a win.

Houston Rockets – 3-1 SU – 3-1 ATS
The Houston Rockets are 3-1 straight up and against the spread. The Rockets have been underdogs in every game this season. If you bet the Rockets to win straight up, you would be up a good chunk of change. This is a great early season strategy, if you can figure out the teams that are expected to be bad but are better than people perceptions.

Complete ATS Standings

Eastern Conference

NBA Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	CONF	DIV	HOME	AWAY	ATS	O/U
Boston	5	0	1.000	-	4-0	1-0	3-0	2-0	4-1-0	2-3-0
Philadelphia	2	2	.500	2.5	2-2	1-1	1-1	1-1	2-2-0	2-2-0
Toronto	1	2	.333	3.0	1-1	0-0	1-1	0-1	1-2-0	2-1-0
New York	1	3	.250	3.5	0-3	0-1	1-1	0-2	1-3-0	4-0-0
New Jersey	0	4	.000	4.5	0-3	0-0	0-1	0-3	0-4-0	1-3-0
NBA Central	W	L	PCT	GB	CONF	DIV	HOME	AWAY	ATS	O/U
Cleveland	3	2	.600	-	2-2	0-0	2-1	1-1	2-3-0	1-4-0
Chicago	2	2	.500	0.5	1-2	1-0	2-0	0-2	1-3-0	1-3-0
Detroit	2	2	.500	0.5	1-1	0-1	1-1	1-1	2-2-0	0-4-0
Milwaukee	1	2	.333	1.0	1-2	1-1	1-0	0-2	2-1-0	0-3-0
Indiana	0	3	.000	2.0	0-2	0-0	0-2	0-1	0-3-0	1-2-0
NBA Southeast	W	L	PCT	GB	CONF	DIV	HOME	AWAY	ATS	O/U
Atlanta	3	1	.750	-	2-0	1-0	2-0	1-1	4-0-0	2-2-0
Miami	3	1	.750	-	3-0	0-0	2-1	1-0	3-1-0	1-3-0
Orlando	3	1	.750	-	3-1	0-0	1-0	2-1	3-1-0	2-2-0
Charlotte	2	2	.500	1.0	2-2	0-0	2-0	0-2	3-1-0	1-3-0
Washington	2	2	.500	1.0	1-2	0-1	1-0	1-2	2-2-0	1-3-0

Western Conference

NBA Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	CONF	DIV	HOME	AWAY	ATS	O/U
Denver	4	0	1.000	-	3-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	3-1-0	2-2-0
Oklahoma City	2	2	.500	2.0	1-2	0-1	1-2	1-0	3-1-0	1-3-0
Portland	2	3	.400	2.5	2-2	1-1	1-2	1-1	2-3-0	1-4-0
Utah	1	3	.250	3.0	1-3	0-1	1-1	0-2	1-3-0	3-1-0
Minnesota	1	3	.250	3.0	0-2	0-0	1-1	0-2	3-1-0	1-3-0
NBA Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	CONF	DIV	HOME	AWAY	ATS	O/U
Phoenix	4	0	1.000	-	3-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	2-2-0	1-3-0
L.A. Lakers	3	1	.750	1.0	2-1	1-0	2-1	1-0	0-4-0	2-2-0
Sacramento	1	3	.250	3.0	1-3	0-0	1-0	0-3	2-2-0	2-2-0
Golden State	0	2	.000	3.0	0-2	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-2-0	1-1-0
L.A. Clippers	1	4	.200	3.5	1-4	0-2	1-2	0-2	2-3-0	1-4-0
NBA Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	CONF	DIV	HOME	AWAY	ATS	O/U
Dallas	3	1	.750	-	3-0	0-0	1-1	2-0	3-1-0	0-4-0
Houston	3	1	.750	-	3-1	0-0	1-0	2-1	3-1-0	3-1-0
San Antonio	2	1	.667	0.5	2-0	1-0	2-0	0-1	2-1-0	2-1-0
New Orleans	1	3	.250	2.0	1-1	0-1	1-0	0-3	1-3-0	2-2-0
Memphis	1	3	.250	2.0	0-2	0-0	1-1	0-2	2-2-0	3-1-0