In fact, since the start of the 2005 NBA season the average playoff total is roughly 5.2 points lower than
the average regular season total.
In fact, my research found that the average number of bets placed on an NBA Finals matchup is roughly twice the average playoff game and five times greater than
the average regular season game — and that may be a conservative figure.
As we have previously stated, the value derived from betting against the public is directly correlated with the number of bets placed on each game and marquee bowl games (like BCS Bowls or College Football Playoff game) receive nearly six times more bets than
the average regular season game.
Not exact matches
The national
average for a gallon of
regular gasoline is at its lowest level in four years, giving U.S. consumers billions more to spend this holiday
season, but that extra money is being offset by higher food costs, which account for a bigger chunk of most consumers» budgets.
Within two hours of Jeter's announcement that 2014 will be his last
season, the
average ticket price for the Yankees» last
regular -
season game — scheduled for Sept. 28 against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park — jumped more than 160 percent to $ 803.
According to TiqIQ, the
average ticket price for Jeter's last
regular -
season home game has already reached more than 2 1/2 times the peak
average price for the final home game of all - star pitcher Mariano Rivera, who debuted with the Yankees in 1995, the same year as Jeter, and retired last year after 19
seasons with the team.
After struggling through the worst
regular season of his career with a 2.74 goals against
average and a.910 save percentage, Henrik Lundqvist has been sensational with a 1.82 GAA and a.944 SV % through the first five games of the postseason.
The Titans finished the
regular season 9 - 7, with a 19th ranked offense that
averaged 20.9 points per game and a 17th ranked defense that
averaged 22.3 points allowed per game.
Saric was arguably the most consistent player of the group,
averaging 12.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 2.2 assists in 81
regular season games.
They went 4 - 2 during the
Regular Season and had 4 scorers
average double digits in scoring during the
Season.
While the percentage of
regular season games that went Under this year (51 %) is a bit higher than the
average since 2005 (49.8 %), betting every Under still would have lost just over 6 units.
Aaron now has more than 300 appearances for the club, but in his 7 years as a first team
regular he has only
averaged around 27 League games per
season due to ongoing injury problems.
Regular Season Record: 420 - 302 = 58.1 % Win Percentage
Average Playoff Seed: 5.11 Total Playoff Series Won: 4 Conference Semi's Appearances: 3 Conference Finals Appearances: 1 Playoff Record: 29 - 40 = 42 % Win Percentage
Bryant, who has played 1,179
regular season games over the course of his career, is the NBA's scoring leader for the 2012 - 13
season with an
average of 27.9 points per game as of Dec. 5.
Memphis had little issue with stopping opponents during the
regular season, leading the league in that regard with an opponent scoring
average of 89.3 points per game.
Blair
averaged 9.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game during the
regular season, but
averaged just 7.6 minutes per game in the playoffs and did not even make it into two games.
The Heat went 37 - 4 at home during the
regular season and
averaged seven more points per game than they did on the road (106.4 vs. 99.4 ppg).
The game closed out a brilliant
regular season for Waters, the first SEC freshman since Kentucky's John Wall in 2010 to
average 15 points and five assists in a
season.
The numbers don't do justice to this Antoine Walker and Tony Delk — led team's greatness: Their
average victory margin in
regular -
season SEC games was so massive (24.2 points) that they sometimes stepped off the gas in the second half.
After a satisfying
regular season in which she
averaged 8.9 points, Whalen has turned up the heat for Connecticut in the playoffs, nearly doubling her scoring to 15.4 points per game.
That's 1.33 points scored per possession, a much higher mark than the Warriors»
regular -
season transition scoring
average.
Mayfield boasted a 71 percent completion rate and a sterling 38 - to - 8 touchdowns - to - interceptions ratio during the
regular season, while
averaging an incredible 11.1 yards per throw.
Ticket prices are Midwestern reasonable — the $ 48
regular -
season average ranks 16th among NHL teams — and the team has not gouged its fans in the postseason.
Ginobili
averaged 11.8 points on 42.5 percent shooting with a 19.0 PER in the
regular season.
After all, Johnson just completed a
regular season where he recorded career lows in top - fives, top - 10s,
average finish, and laps led.
The Broncos also ended the
regular season with the No. 3 defense in the league overall, not coincidentally because they ended the
regular season as the No. 2 defense in the league against the run (surrendering just under 80 yards on the ground a game on
average).
In the
regular season, Kaepernick completed 62.4 % of his passes,
averaging 8.32 yards per attempt, while throwing 10 touchdown passes.
This is the same player who
averaged 47 percent field goal shooting and 41.5 percent three - point shooting through the
regular season.
In the midfield, (including RWB & LWB) we have a whole bunch of tweeners... none offer the full package, none make sense in our manager's current favourite formation, except for Sead on the left and Ox on the right, and all of them have never shown any consistency for more than a heartbeat... Sead, who I'm including in this category because of our present formation, looks like a positive addition, minus his occasional brain farts, but I would rather see what he could do in a back 4 before making my mind up... Ox, who has never played better, which isn't saying much considering his largely underwhelming play in previous
seasons, seems to have found a home in this new formation; unfortunately, can we really expect this oft - injured player to handle the taxing duties that come with said position over the long haul, not to mention, it looks like he has no intention of staying... Ramsey has relied on the empathy that stems from his gruesome injury years ago and the excitement that was generated a few years back when he finally seemed to put in altogether, but on the whole he has been a big disappointment (neither he nor the Ox have scored enough to warrant a
regular spot)... Wiltshire should be put on a weekly contract then played until he suffers his first injury, if and when that occurs he should be shipped - out and no one should very be allowed to say his name on club grounds ever again... Elnehy & Coq are
average players who couldn't make any of the top 7 teams currently in the EPL... both have showed some great energy on the pitch, but neither are top quality and no good team can afford to have that many
average players on their bench playing the same position, especially with Coq's injury history / discipline concerns and Elheny's headless chicken tendencies... as for Xhaka, his tenure here so far has been incredibly underwhelming... we know he has some skills to provide the long ball but his defensive work is piss poor and he gives the ball away too cheaply and far too often... finally, the enigma himself, Ozil, so much skill with his left foot but his presence has been more frustrating than uplifting... in many respects his failure has been directly related to the failure of this club to provide him with the necessary players up front, minus Sanchez of course, and unless something drastic happens very soon his legacy will be largely a negative one (much like Wenger's)
In the
regular season, he
averaged a team - high 22.7 points per game.
The defending Sprint Cup champion recorded two wins, amassed 10 runner - ups and led all drivers in top fives, top 10s, laps led and
average finish during the
regular season.
After
averaging 98 points in the
regular season, the Pacers held the Hawks to just 87.5 points a night as they advanced in six games.
They allowed just 172.0 yards per game on
average over the course of the
regular season.
This
season, Lynch rushed for 1,306 yards in the
regular season,
averaging 81.6 yards per game.
Voelker led the way with team - bests in batting
average -LRB-.462), hits (36), RBI (20), and extra-base hits (12) while also posting a perfect 6 - 0 record with a 1.99 ERA prior to suffering his first loss in the
regular season finale.
The three - time All - Star
averaged 22.4 points and 7.0 assists during the
regular season, but his production has taken a sharp dive in six postseason games.
During the
regular season the Rockets, playing under college rules,
averaged 95 points a game and in 14 contests scored over 100.
Attendance rose from an
average of 15,231 fans in the 11 games before the streak to 19,592 in the 13
regular -
season games after it.
In Brady's 23
regular season games without Gronk since 2010, the QB has
averaged 22.1 fantasy points.
Led by linebacker Von Miller with 11 sacks, the Broncos
averaged 3.25 sacks per game during the
regular season and had four on Tom Brady in the AFC Championship Game.
Focus on the pass, and the running game (which
averaged over 150 rushing yards per game during the
regular season) will make you pay.
The talented Japanese international had an
average first
season at Man United and has found his chances limited under David Moyes and the arrival of Juan Mata has only further hampered his chances of securing a
regular first team berth at the club.
Probably the most overlooked Alabama team of all time, Frank Thomas» second - to - last team ripped through nine
regular -
season opponents by an
average of 33 - 7, then whooped USC in the Rose Bowl.
While Flacco's 2012
regular season stats were only slightly above
average (3,817 passing yards, 22 TDs, 10 INTs, 87.7 rating), his performance during the Postseason has been otherworldly.
During the 2013 - 14 NBA
regular season, there were 202 combined points scored in an
average game.
After displacing international star Jorge Campos as Chicago's goalie last summer, Thornton had eight shutouts in the
regular season and a 1.7 goals - allowed
average, the best in MLS history.
Anaheim had a below -
average offense during the
regular season,
averaging 2.68 goals per game, but won the Pacific Division with the best defense in the West allowing only 2.4 goals per game.
SHR's Kevin Harvick led the
regular season in top - five finishes, top - 10s, and
average finish and ranked third in laps led, while CGR's Kyle Larson won Aug. 28 at Michigan International Speedway and is heralded as a Chase dark horse.
In Wisconsin's
regular season - ending three - game win streak, he
averaged 19.0 points on 13 - for - 24 shooting and got to the line 29 times.
For the first time this entire
season, Thompson didn't get off a three - point shot — he
averages 6.4 attempts per game during the
regular season and five per game in the playoffs — and Curry went 1 - for - 7.