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NBA First Basket Predictions & Value Bets For Saturday November 5, 2022
Our sophisticated predictive analytics model is able to identify the players most likely to score the first basket in tonight's NBA games, as well as some value bets for Saturday November 5, 2022. Based upon the globally respected Monte Carlo Simulator method, we have have analyzed every NBA game today by simulating each of them over 10,000 times to find NBA first basket value plays. We are able to identify these opportunities by matching our results against the sportsbooks' odds to learn where we have a betting edge, and where we believe the odds makers have got it wrong in their assessment of an NBA matchup.
Using Saturday's NBA First Basket prop markets across multiple platforms, we compare the results of our simulations to the sportsbooks' odds, allowing us to identify the NBA players that present the most value to score the first basket of the game and also those with the highest probability of doing so.
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Saturday NBA First Basket Predictions
In recent times, NBA first basket bets have become one of the more popular prop bets for sports bettors to wager on. All of the major sportsbooks offer NBA odds on first basket scorer, so by using our predictive analytics model to identify where the edges lie on Saturday, November 5, you're giving yourself an advantage over the rest of the field.
Our super computer identifies both value bets and the players with the highest probabilities. While all the usual suspects will often feature in our NBA first basket predictions, it is unlikely you will ever see the likes of Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Jason Tatum or Giannis listed as 'value bets' because the odds the sportsbooks put up for those guys are always extremely efficient - and that's where we come in.
PLAYER | FIRST BASKET |
Giannis Antetokounmpo(MIL) | 19.01% chance |
De'Aaron Fox(SAC) | 17.64% chance |
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander(OKC) | 16.78% chance |
Kevin Durant(BRO) | 16.40% chance |
Jayson Tatum(BOS) | 16.05% chance |
15.32% chance | |
Jaylen Brown(BOS) | 14.92% chance |
Zion Williamson(NOR) | |
Keldon Johnson(SAN) | 13.15% chance |
Anfernee Simons(POR) | 13.01% chance |
Kelly Oubre(CHR) | 12.78% chance |
Jrue Holiday(MIL) | |
Nikola Jokic(DEN) | 12.60% chance |
Franz Wagner(ORL) | 12.59% chance |
Dejounte Murray(ATL) | 12.45% chance |
Jusuf Nurkic(POR) | 12.39% chance |
Devin Vassell(SAN) | 12.34% chance |
Anthony Edwards(MIN) | 12.23% chance |
Kevin Porter(HOU) | 11.91% chance |
NBA First Basket Saturday Value Bets
Based on the above first basket scorer probabilities, the players listed below represent the most value to score the first basket in NBA games on Saturday, November 5, 2022. While it's obviously impossible for all of these guys to cash tickets for us, we actually don't need them to.
Given some of the first basket odds available, we'd only need one or two of these to hit for us to earn a nice payout.
While the sportsbooks focus on the top two or three guys from each game, we're able to evaluate every player, in every game, to unearth the edges that will give us the upper hand when it comes to long-term profitability.
Remember, the key to long term success when betting is being able to identify where there is an edge in the market, in other words, when the sportsbooks' odds aren't a true reflection of the actual likelihood of something happening.
FIRST BASKET VALUE | PROBABILITY | DRAFTKINGS ODDS |
J.Robinson-Earl (OKC) | 9.37% | +1700 |
Cameron Johnson (Suns) | 10.93% | +1200 |
Alperen Sengun (Rockets) | 11.44% | +1100 |
Josh Giddey (Thunder) | 10.34% | +1200 |
Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) | 16.78% | +600 |
Devin Vassell (Spurs) | 12.34% | +850 |
Nicolas Claxton (Nets) | 11.69% | +900 |
Aaron Gordon (Nuggets) | 9.91% | +1100 |
Jamal Murray (Nuggets) | 10.63% | +1000 |
Jalen Green (Rockets) | 13.13% | +750 |
Royce O'Neale (Nets) | 6.66% | +1700 |
De'Andre Hunter (Hawks) | 11.62% | +850 |