I don’t gamble, but I do use some of the numbers that sports books put out as a way of discerning the conventional wisdom about teams. If the sharps in Vegas want about equal action on both sides of bets to ensure their profit margins, then hitting the general consensus is the best way to go about it.
Several books recently put out win totals for 2023, which cover the 12 regular season games only. The idea is you bet on whether a team will be over or under that number of wins, so they’re always framed as something-point-five wins so that teams don’t hit their win totals exactly and result in all the wagers being returned.