Wouldn’t it at minimum have to be 1.5 points either direction?
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You also need to understand why books move spreads as bets come in. Ideally, books want to have the same amount of money on both sides of any bet. Books make their money by taking a cut of the winnings. For instance, if you bet $100, you typically will win $190. That $10 difference is the books profit. So, if you have the exact same total amount of money on both sides of a bet, then there is no risk and pretty much a guarantee of a profit.
Which this in mind, as bets come in, the book will adjust the spread to encourage bets to balance out. For instance, if a spread comes out as team A at -3 and 80% of the money comes in on team A to win, the line might get moved to -1, and then to +1, and will keep shifting until the $ amounts balance out. That is how you can end up with odd spreads.
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