NBA Betting – Charlotte Bobcats at New Orleans Hornets
The Charlotte Bobcats (7-14 SU, 12-9 ATS) will try to avoid losing their fourth straight game on Wednesday night when they visit the New Orleans Hornets (11-6 SU, 7-9-1 ATS) in NBA pro basketball sports betting action that is slated to get underway at 8 PM ET at the New Orleans Arena.
BetUS Sportsbook NBA Basketball Betting Odds: NEW ORLEANS -13, Total 186
Here are some of the NBA pro basketball sports betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
* CHAR has covered six of its last nine games
* CHAR has lost nine of its last 13 games SU
* CHAR has played four of its last five games OVER the total
* CHAR has covered five of its last six road games
* CHAR has lost seven of its last eight road games SU
* CHAR has played 13 of its last 19 road games UNDER the total
* NO has covered four of its last five games
* NO has won six of its last seven games SU
* NO has played four of its last six games OVER the total
* NO is 2-5-1 ATS in its last eight home games
* NO has won four of its last five home games SU
* NO has played four of its last five home games OVER the total
Also…
* NO has won six of the last eight meetings SU
* NO has covered seven of the last nine meetings
* NO has had the shooting edge in six of the last seven meetings
* NO has made more three-pointers in four of the last five meetings
Since they lost a disappointing 105-96 decision to Sacramento on November 19, the Hornets have been getting warm. And how. New Orleans has won six of its last seven games, and that includes home wins by 12 points over Oklahoma City, 13 points over Phoenix, and 19 points over Memphis. Can they get in that same neighborhood in this game against Larry Brown’s Bobcats?
Well, the ‘Cats are on a three-game losing streak, and their only wins in the last ten days were against lesser lights Minnesota and Oklahoma City, both in such bad shape that they have gone through coaching changes. And here, revenge will be the order of the day for the Hornets. Back on November 7 they were turned back 92-89 in Charlotte; Raymond Felton and Jason Richardson both had 20 points in that Bobcat win. Surely the motivation is there for some payback.
Brown has been tweaking things a little in the Bobcat camp, and the result has been some competitive efforts, particularly on the road, where the team has covered five of its last six, including a straight-up win at the Conseco Fieldhouse. Of the last seven losses, six of them have been by seven points or less. The 20-point defeat to Cleveland on Saturday was after a game in Milwaukee the night before. Last time out, on Monday, there was a cover in Miami despite 41 points from Dwyane Wade, as well as the absence of Gerald Wallace, who was attending to a personal matter.
The problem is that the team is thin right now. Wallace probably won’t be back tonight. Sean May has tendonitis flaring up in his knee. Things are getting desperate enough that Juwan Howard may be signed to a contract by game time. So they are short-handed, and under the circumstances are subject to a blowout. We’ll lay points with New Orleans, the 13-point favorite in the NBA pro basketball betting odds.
