NBA All Star Betting Odds
The 2009 event marks the third time Phoenix has hosted All-Star. On Jan. 15, 1975, The All-Star Game returned to the
desert 20 years later on Feb. 12, 1995, and now the NBA All-Star game will take place on 2009 February 14, at US Airways Center.
Bet on the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, will showcase some of the NBA’s best athletes as they take to the air mystifying
fans with their gravity-defying creativity.
The All-Star competitions will tip off on Friday, Feb. 13, as the league’s top rookies and second-year players
square off in the Rookie Challenge. The excitement will continue the next day with NBA All-Star Saturday Night,
which includes Shooting Stars, a competition featuring NBA and WNBA players and NBA legends, Skills Challenge,
a contest of top guards working against the clock to complete a series of passes, free throws, lay-ups and agility
drills, and the Three-Point Shootout, where six of the best long-range shooters compete against each other and
the clock in a test of accuracy. The evening’s grand finale, the Slam Dunk Contest, will showcase some of the
NBA’s best athletes as they take to the air mystifying fans with their gravity-defying creativity.
NBA All-Star weekend offers basketball bettors a change of pace as sportsbooks roll out a wide variety of prop bets.
Most professional gamblers avoid the NBA All Star game betting since the game is basically an exhibition. Let’s look
at some factors to consider in NBA All Star game odds. NBA All Star game odds have seen the Western Conference
favored in recent seasons with the total in the 250’s. The game is one in which no defense is played which leads
to high scores. The problem with betting the over though is that the total is so high and the public is always
betting that way. It is tough for many gamblers to look at the game and cheer against points being scored. The
oddsmakers know this and set a high total every year for the NBA All Star game.
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NBA All Star Game History
The first NBA All-Star Game that was ever played was in Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. Since then, the game has
marched the best players in the Western Conference with the best players in the Western Conference.
There are two ways of choosing the participants for this game. The first is via fan ballot, with the leading vote
recipients at each position starting the game, secondly the reserves are chosen by a vote among the head coaches of
each squad’s particular conference. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players. The commissioner will
select a replacement in case of an injury.
The coaches who currently lead the team with the most wins in their conference through the Sunday two weeks before the
game will coach their respective conferences. However, the same coach cannot coach the team in consecutive seasons.
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