Another Home Court Advantage Question

[rfr3sh]

I've noticed over the season (this is my first year modeling)
that is seems not all NBA games have homecourt advantage in the line
so when I am comparing my lines to the book lines I usually can tell if they think there is a home advantage


can anyone help me determine how I would know myself if I should apply home court advantage or not?

[Pokerjoe]

There is always HCA in the line, and it should always be in your handicapping. I

But it's presence may be obscured by other factors.

So, if a team would be -2 on a neutral court, and -5 at home, and you see it -2, assume, not that the linemaker "forgot" HCA, but that he included something else. Maybe the home team has a star player injured, and the line values that player at 3 points, something like that.

But the HCA is always in the line.

[CHUBNUT]

As usual PJ is correct but its also a popular opinion that its more to do with the road teams number. In essence a good teams home and road form has less variance compared to a bad team.