World Gaming Magazine

41 WGM #63 2018/10 wgm8.com NBA新赛季已如箭在弦，WGM为读者们分析季前投注市场各项数据，以及投注者应 当注意的陷阱。 With the NBA season just around the corner, WGM takes a look at the pre-season betting markets and the common pitfalls that eager sports bettors must be aware of. N BA固然是团体比赛，却比其他运动项目更为着重 球员个人能力。大家可能已经知道，当代最伟大 球员勒布朗•詹姆斯已经与洛杉矶湖人签下4年总 值1.54亿美元的合同，并将在2018-19赛季转投新东家。 6月初，由勒布朗•詹姆斯压阵的克利夫兰骑士输掉总 冠军时，洛杉矶湖人赢得新赛季总冠军的赔率为1赔21。 洛杉矶湖人去季仅赢得35场比赛，上述夺冠赔率却与圣安 东尼奥马刺、多伦多猛龙及克利夫兰骑士等劲旅看齐。 勒布朗•詹姆斯的转会落实后，洛杉矶湖人的夺冠赔率 立即大幅升温至1 赔4.5，与波士顿凯尔特人同为夺冠第二 大热门。背后的原因，除了勒布朗•詹姆斯的强势加盟，还 有洛杉矶湖人的受欢迎程度，以及拉斯维加斯与洛杉矶两 个城市之间的近距离。简而言之，其财力是异常雄厚。 洛杉矶湖人的夺冠赔率现已降至1 赔11，继金州勇士 （1赔1.57）、波士顿凯尔特人（1赔8）、休斯顿火箭（1 赔9）后名列第4热门。其他赔率低于1 赔50的球队，则有 费城76人、多伦多猛龙和俄克拉何马城雷霆。 勒布朗•詹姆斯的转会，进一步加强西部赛区难以动 摇的强势地位。在过去5个赛季中，西部赛区球队赢得了4 次总冠军，唯一例外的是勒布朗• 詹姆斯于2016年带领克 利夫兰骑士赢得总冠军。此前，他曾于2012 及2013 年为 迈阿密热火赢得总冠军。在缺乏勒布朗•詹姆斯的情况下， 东部赛区球队上次赢得总冠军竟然是整整10年前。就当前 形势而言，东部赛区球队似乎很难在新赛季取代西部赛区 球队的地位。 费城76人长达10年的重建期虽然已初见成效，但冀望 T he NBA may be a team sport, but nowhere on the sporting landscape is the individual more important to success. As you may have heard, the greatest player of this generation, LeBron James, will suit up for a new club in 2018-19 after signing a four-year, US$154 million contract with the LA Lakers. Los Angeles had opened at $21 to win this season’s NBA Championship back in early June – even before James and his former home Cleveland lost to the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. That opening price put the Lakers – a team that won just 35 games last season – ahead of proven NBA contenders like the San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors and the Cavs. Once James’ decision was confirmed, the Lakers were backed into a crazy price of $4.50 to win the title – tied with the Boston Celtics as the second overall favorites. Part of those odds were in anticipation of LeBron’s move to La- La Land, but the other reason why the Lakers were set at such baffling odds is the popularity of the team and Las Vegas’ close proximity to Los Angeles. In short: money and lots of it. They’ve since drifted slightly to $11 but remain a fourth pick to go all the way behind Golden State ($1.57), Boston ($8) and Houston ($9) with Philadelphia ($15), Toronto ($21) and Oklahoma City ($41) the only other sides priced at better than 50-1.