{"id":27929,"date":"2013-02-26T12:11:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T17:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27929"},"modified":"2013-02-26T12:11:53","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T17:11:53","slug":"nba-betting-picks-brooklyn-nets-vs-new-orleans-hornets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-picks-brooklyn-nets-vs-new-orleans-hornets-27929\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Picks: Brooklyn Nets vs. New Orleans Hornets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn Nets at New Orleans Hornets
\nTuesday, 2\/26\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 YES
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 184.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 185
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Brooklyn Nets are 0-6 ATS versus Southwest division opponents this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brooklyn has dropped back-to-back games, including a 76-72 setback to the Memphis Grizzlies as 2.5-point home underdogs last time out, while going UNDER the total in three consecutive contests.\u00a0 The Nets may be without the services of shooting guard Joe Johnson, who is currently a game-time decision, as he continues to battle with plantar fasciitis.\u00a0 The team is 13-12 overall away from the Barclays Center this year, including a 3-5 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Brooklyn is 0-6 ATS versus Southwest division opponents this year, which is hard to ignored when making your NBA expert picks Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The Nets will be trying to snap a four-game road losing streak to the Hornets, while improve to 20-10 under the direction of interim coach P.J. Carlesimo.\u00a0 Over the last five games, Brooklyn is shooting 43.9 percent from the 3-point area, which is far better than its 35.5 mark for the entire 2012-13 NBA season in that particular category.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to point out that the squad has out-rebounded its opponents by 5.9 boards on average over its last 11 games.<\/p>\n

New Orleans ended a three-game losing streak last time out, as it captured a 110-95 victory over the Sacramento Kings as seven-point home favorites Sunday, while going OVER the total for a fourth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Hornets received a huge effort out of rookie Anthony Davis, who finished with 20 points and eight rebounds, while he\u2019s averaged 16.5 points and 10.0 rebounds in his last four home games.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 100.1 over its last nine home games, which is far different than its 87.8 in its first 18.\u00a0 New Orleans is 1-2 SUATS as home favorites of three point or less this season.<\/p>\n

The Hornets are 10-17 overall at the New Orleans Arena, including a 2-7 mark versus Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 New Orleans has put together a 13-14 record since the calendar turned to 2013, as it has averaged 97.6 points, while giving up 97.0.\u00a0 The team\u2019s bench has been very impressive in February, averaging 9.1 bench points per game more than its opponents, including 13.3 since the All-Star break.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Hornets due to their 6-4-1 ATS as favorites this season, while the Nets are 2-3 ATS as road underdogs of three points or less.<\/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":"

Brooklyn Nets at New Orleans Hornets Tuesday, 2\/26\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 YES Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 184.5 Current Total:\u00a0 185 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Brooklyn has dropped back-to-back games, including a 76-72 setback to the Memphis Grizzlies as 2.5-point home underdogs last time out, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[5659,7131,3622,2897,18,4170,836],"class_list":["post-27929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-anthony-davis","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-eastern-conference","tag-joe-johnson","tag-nba","tag-new-orleans-arena","tag-new-orleans-hornets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27929","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=27929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27930,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27929\/revisions\/27930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}