I have been picking up some wins on bad teams to win the plus money on 1st quarter money lines. Usually these teams will get beaten badly by the time they get into the 3rd and 4th quarter. Using last night as an example on the board the following dogs cashed the 1st quarter ML.
Bulls, Heat, Suns, Hornets, Pelicans.
Its worth looking into if you haven't. I see this happens many times especially this time of the season.