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Basketball Reference review
By The Dude, Editor of TheBettingDudeListing last checked
8.6out of 10
The short version
The reference shelf for NBA numbers: box scores, splits, advanced stats, decades deep. No picks, just everything you need to make one.

Basketball Reference
- Our score
- 8.6 / 10
- Type
- Sites
- Platforms
- Web
- Price
- Free, with a paid upgrade
- Sports
- NBA, Basketball
- Languages
- English
- Last checked
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Pros
- Game logs and splits for every player and team
- Goes back decades
Cons
- No betting angle at all; you do the analysis
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