Betting markets have been chasing the Nets the past several weeks. What is now a playoff-caliber team is still being priced too often like an also-ran, creating profitable opportunities for NBA bettors.
Even with Monday’s disappointing 116-95 loss in Boston, the Nets are 12-5 straight up and against the spread their last 17 games.
Granting that a team can be “playoff caliber” in the East without being all that great by league standards, Brooklyn is clearly playing with a purpose in recent action.