{"id":20857,"date":"2012-01-05T23:30:39","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T04:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20857"},"modified":"2012-01-05T18:19:22","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T23:19:22","slug":"nba-betting-preview-denver-nuggets-vs-new-orleans-hornets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-preview-denver-nuggets-vs-new-orleans-hornets-20857\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Preview: Denver Nuggets vs. New Orleans Hornets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Nuggets at New Orleans Hornets
\nFriday, 1\/6\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 190.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 190.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Denver Nuggets are led by point guard Ty Lawson offensively<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denver starts a two-game road trip after capturing three home games in a row, coming off a 110-83 victory over the Sacramento Kings as 11.5-point favorites.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re going to go after teams with our intensity, and hopefully, the flow of flooding good players on the court,\u2019 stated Nuggets head coach George Karl this week.\u00a0 The Nuggets have won eight of their last 13 road games against the Hornets, including a 114-103 win as 2.5-point underdogs on March 14, 2011.\u00a0 Denver is 6-5 ATS as a road favorite of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets had 12 players score at least six points in their victory against the Kings, marking the second time in franchise history this has occurred.\u00a0 Denver also got out on the break, scoring 31 fast break points, posting a 5-1 record this season when going for 20-plus points in that particular category.\u00a0 Point guard Ty Lawson is enjoying a solid season thus far, averaging a team-high 16.7 points and 5.6 assists per game.\u00a0 The bench is currently leading the NBA in combining for 11.9 assists and 20.0 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n

New Orleans has fallen into a rut since beating the Boston Celtics on Dec. 28, 2011, looking to snap a four-game losing streak that includes a 101-93 defeat as 5.5-point home underdogs against the Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday night.\u00a0 \u201cThey are frustrated,\u201d stated Hornets head coach Monty Williams.\u00a0 He will look to rally the troops, winning two of three in this series a year ago.\u00a0 New Orleans is 9-7 ATS as a home underdog of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Hornets will need to take better care of the basketball in the fourth quarter tonight, allowing the 76ers to score 13 points in the fourth-quarter off their miscues last time out.\u00a0 \u00a0 New Orleans was certainly happy that guard Eric Gordon returned to the court after missing four games, as he managed to score 22 points.\u00a0 Williams is hoping that starting forward Trevor Ariza is able to overcome a groin injury, as he\u2019s currently listed as questionable on the injury report.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Nuggets due to their 22-5-1 ATS mark versus losing teams, while the Hornets are 2-5 ATS in their last seven home games.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Denver Nuggets at New Orleans Hornets Friday, 1\/6\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 190.5 Current Total:\u00a0 190.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Denver starts a two-game road trip after capturing three home games in a row, coming off a 110-83 victory over the Sacramento […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[526,2933,18,836,974,216],"class_list":["post-20857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-eric-gordon","tag-nba","tag-new-orleans-hornets","tag-trevor-ariza","tag-ty-lawson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20860,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20857\/revisions\/20860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}