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The
pro basketball season is just about to start-and believe me, it's
going to be a long season. Following the trends, angles of rest,
fatigue, home games, long road trips is not easy without keeping
careful records. They'll play to April when the playoffs start and
the "survivors" will battle another month or two.
For those who
enjoy betting pro basketball, Killer Sports NBA Schedule Log Book
(92 pages, 8x11 plastic spiralbound, $19.95) becomes a key tool
in recording results, totals, the line; how a team did as favorite
or dog and how far away the next game is.
It's also a
spiffy way to track trends as they occur or to spot them before
they happen. For example, no team can stay rested or motivated for
every game. Many games are somewhat meaningless since they are against
mediocre teams. Sometimes teams are unable to handle two road games
scheduled back-to-back. Young legs and better than old and injured
legs, no matter how good the shooters.
Ed Meyer of
Mti Sports (based in Cleveland) knows what players are looking for.
In several small sections, he allows you see, without doing many
hours of tedious work, what teams fall into what situations ahead
of time throughout the season, so you might want to wait for your
spot along with the right numbers.
He shows you
which teams have "favorable schedules" keyed to "rest distribution"
and isolates where teams will play four games in five days-breaking
it down by those team that will host a situation like this or be
on the road facing it. One
section called "The Texas Triangle and Other Treacherous Trips"
shows a Houston, Dallas, San Antonio
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sequence
where an edge might be found during the season-then there's the
"Sunshine State Trips" featuring Miami and Orlando jumping from
one to another 20 times this year. 
