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Pro Basketball Predictions – Heading in Opposite Directions, Spurs Host Hornets

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The San Antonio Spurs will host the New Orleans Hornets in the second half of a home-and-home series for the veteran ballclub when the two teams take to the court for battle at the AT&T Center tonight.

Friday, March 5, 9:30 PM ET
TV: ESPN
: Spurs -8
(O/U) 197.5


New Orleans (31-31 SU, 30-31-1 ATS, 31-30-1 O/U)
San Antonio (34-24 SU, 27-30-1 ATS, 27-30-1 O/U)

Here is a look at the key head-to-head NBA betting trends surrounding tonight’s contest.

  • Home team is 12-4 ATS in the last 16 meetings.
  • Over is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in San Antonio.
  • Favorite is 10-4 ATS in the last 14 meetings.
  • Hornets are 1-6 ATS in the last 7 meetings in San Antonio.

New Orleans 411

  • Hornets are 9-1-1 ATS in their last 11 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
  • Hornets are 7-1-1 ATS in their last 9 road games.
  • Hornets are 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall.

The Hornets have lost three consecutive games and were handed a narrow, 104-100 defeat by the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday.

New Orleans failed to cover the NBA betting line as a 2.5-point home favorite to fall to 0-2-1 ATS over the last three games despite getting a fine performance from rookie point guard Darren Collison who put up a double-double with 17 points and 14 assists in a losing effort.

San Antonio 411

  • Spurs are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall.
  • Spurs are 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games as a favorite.
  • Spurs are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 home games vs. a team with a losing road record.

George Hill scored a team-high 23 points to lead the Spurs to an emphatic 106-92 win over the Hornets on Monday night. San Antonio covered the NBA betting line as 3-point road favorites and snap a two-game ATS losing streak in the process.

Analysis: The Spurs have won the Southwest Division in four of the past five seasons, but are struggling mightily just to make the playoffs this season – which is exactly why I like the Spurs to win this game and beat New Orleans for the second consecutive game.

San Antonio has been off since their game on Monday and will be well-rested for this contest against the much younger Hornets.

San Antonio has scored at least 104 points in each of the last three games and have historically dominated the Hornets.

The Home team in this series has gone 12-4 ATS in the last 16 meetings while the Hornets have posted an uninspiring 1-6 ATS record in the last seven meetings in San Antonio.

The Favorite in this rivalry has gone a scorching 10-4 ATS in the last 14 meetings – and tonight, the favorite is San Antonio.

If the Spurs can beat New Orleans by four points on the road earlier this week, they should be able to win this game by at least nine points at home.

NBA bettors that like to play the Total, should know the Over has gone a consistent 5-2 in the last seven meetings between these ballclubs in San Antonio.