Good Strategies for hitting middles in basketball

Say you want bet basketball (Pro or college) betting only spreads you can middle to ensure either double profit or just a loss of juice.  (I.E. I bet Celtics -3 vs. Lakers then when the spread moves, bet Lakers +5, hoping for a celtic 4 point victory).  What books are best for doing this at?  My local takes spreads from bodog except bodog's spreads come out much later than other books.  Are there any good tips or strategies for seeing where big money comes in and which way spreads move or does that come naturally with more betting experience? 

What I have been doing is checking the spreads as soon as they are released on Pinnacle and seeing if they vary much from bodog or sportsbook's spreads since Pinnacle often has a sharper line.  I find this method is pretty inconsistent and I do not get great results.  However, this method works well in NCAA Football.  Any tips for basketball middling?  Thanks

Quote Originally Posted by oddsbuster:

middling in basketball should be more done so with full game bets and catching a better value on certain numbers @ halftime for 2nd half plays

u really dont know what u are talking about......

and im not saying u cant get a middle based on your team being ahead at halftime and taking a middle shot at halftime....

what im saying is a true sharp will see lines early in the am that will move based on public perception while already seeing value in the team they are playing....therefore they will bet the team that they feel will get all of the action during the day to try and buy back the dog at a higher price later for a true game middle....while also risking the fact that the line wont move and he wont have a middle at all.....true middle arent luck because u happen to pick the right team and then decide to take the dog later...its calculated and most people playing middles will put a ton on one side earl;y knowing the line could go up in their face later....

example a true sharp and handicapper will see the lakers are -7 over the kings and he makes the game at 7.5......he knows the line will move in the lakers favor over the course of the day just on public perception and that the kings are on the 2nd of back to back nights...so he takes lakers at -6.5 on a buy for 10k and takes the shot that the line goes up....if the public buys into the trends he is seeing and the line goes to lakers -9 then before game time he will then take 10k on the kings +9.5 and he will then risk 2k to win 18-20k...on a middle of 7,8 or 9.and may even l;ean towards a sharp side for a g or 2

with totals it can be done with 5+ point middles when value is seen...

vincenzococotti... trying to middle basketball games from teh time of the opened spread when theirs only around a 24 hour max allowed time for the line to move because of so many games. Not a smart move buddy if your doing it daily...