Being an NBA bettor, I didn't appreciate the oddsmaker recommending that a game be taken off the board because Tyrone Hill was questionable. Fortunately those days have past. Injuries don't mean what they used. Most places will go with what the off-shores do as the day goes along.
Nobody scratches games anymore.
We just suggest low limits. Take the beginning part of this week, for example. Oddsmakers were reluctant to make the Knicks higher because Marcus Camby, Allan Houston and Latrell Sprewell were all questionable. Only Houston missed the game, and the Knicks covered easily. Linemakers had to post odds Tuesday on the Denver-Houston game despite not knowing for sure if Antonio McDyess and Nick Van Exel would play.