A handicap applied to a team's score for betting purposes, where the specified number of points are added to or subtracted from that team's final score at the end of the match. For example, If you placed a -10.5 bet on the home team in the NBA, you would need to deduct 10.5 from that team's score once the game is over. If the game finished 111-100, the final result would be 100.5-100 and your bet would win.