San Antonio Spurs vs Charlotte Hornets NBA Betting Preview & Odds

Going to do some NBA today and take a look at the game between the San Antonio Spurs and the Charlotte Hornets, which will be played at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. NBATV will carry this game, which has a start time of 7:00 pm EST. Current betting odds for this game have the have the Spurs listed as 6 point favorites, while the total has been set at 199.5. Head-To-Head This Year: The Spurs won the lone matchup this year by a score of 114-94 as 9.5 point home favorites back in November. The San Antonio Spurs come in off a solid 87-79 home win over the Golden State Warriors, as they got revenge for an earlier loss this year. The Spurs have now won their last 6 games in a row and continue to sport the 2nd best record in the league at 59-10, which includes a mark of 24-10 on the road. Defense has been the name of the game for the Spurs this year, as evidenced by the fact that they held the league’s best offense to just 79 points in their last game. San Antonio checks in at tops in the least in points allowed, giving up just 92.3 ppg, while also ranking 1st in defensive FG% overall and 1st in three point defense.  On offense they are led by Kawhi Leonard, who averages 20.9 ppg, while the acquisition of Lamarcus Aldridge has paid off as he is 2nd one the team in scoring at 17.9 ppg, while leading them in rebounding at 8.5 rpg. Rounding out the double digit scorers on the team is Tony Parker at 12.1 ppg. Overall the Spurs are 7th in the league in scoring, putting up 104.6 ppg, while also ranking 1st in shooting overall, 2nd from long range and 2nd from the charity stripe. On the road the Spurs have averaged 103.4 ppg on 48.5% shooting, while allowing 94.1 ppg on 432.9% shooting. Trends: The Spurs are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game and 54-25-1 ATS in their last 80 vs. the Southeast, but just 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games following a straight up win and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games playing on 1 days rest. The Charlotte Hornets come in off a bad 1`01-93 home loss at the hands of the Denver Nuggets, but still this team has been playing very well as it was just their 2nd loss in their last 11 games and their 5th loss in their last 22 games. Charlotte is now 39-30 overall, Including 26-11 at home, while they are just a game and a half out of first in the Southeast and if the playoffs started today they would have the 6th seed in the East. The Hornets are also led by a defense that comes in ranked 9th in the league in points allowed, giving up just 101.0 ppg, while also ranking 11th in defensive FG% overall and 15th in 3-point defense. The defense has been good this year, but the offense is really coming around as they have averaged 110.5 ppg in their last 10 games. This is a pretty deep team with 8 players that average at least 9.0 ppg on the year. Kemba Walker leads the team with 20.3 ppg, while leading them in rebounding is Marvin Williams at 6.9 rpg and he chips in with 11.5 ppg. Rounding out the double digit scorers on the team is Nicolas Batum (15.0 ppg), Al Jefferson (12.0 ppg) and Jeremy Lin (11.4 ppg). The offense overall checks in at 11th in scoring putting up 103.1 ppg, but they are not a great shooting team overall as they are 27th in offensive FG%. They are good from long range, where they bare 8th and at the charity stripe, where they are 9th. At home they have averaged 105.5 ppg on 44.3% shooting, while allowing 99.5 ppg on 46% shooting. Trends: The Hornets are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a ATS loss and 10-4-1 ATS in their last 15 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of greater than .600, but just 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600, while the dog is just 2-6 ATS the last 8 in the series. #NBA #SanAntonio #Charlotte http://www.sportswatchmonitor.com