{"id":28490,"date":"2013-04-06T15:23:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T20:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28490"},"modified":"2013-04-06T15:23:33","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T20:23:33","slug":"nba-picks-against-the-spread-atlanta-hawks-vs-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-against-the-spread-atlanta-hawks-vs-san-antonio-spurs-28490\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks Against the Spread: Atlanta Hawks vs. San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Hawks at San Antonio Spurs
\nSaturday, 4\/6\/13, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSSW
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 194.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 193
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Atlanta Hawks haven’t had much success against the San Antonio Spurs on the road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atlanta has dropped back-to-back games, including a 101-90 setback to the Philadelphia 76ers as six-point home favorites Friday, while going UNDER the total for a fourth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Hawks have also failed to cover the number in each of their last five games, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread Saturday night.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has four probable starters averaging in double figures, with both Al Horford and Josh Smith scoring 17.4 points per game.\u00a0 Atlanta is 12-11-1 ATS as a road underdog this season.<\/p>\n

The Hawks have gone 18-20 overall away from Philips Arena during the 2012-13 NBA season, which includes an even 7-7 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Atlanta dropped a 98-93 decision to San Antonio as 3.5-point home underdogs on Jan. 19, while going UNDER the total for the third consecutive time in this non-conference series.\u00a0 The squad ranks second in the league in averaging 24.5 assists per game.<\/p>\n

San Antonio has alternated wins and losses over its last three games, as it looks to bounce back from a 100-88 defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder Thursday, while going UNDER the total in six of its last seven games.\u00a0 The Spurs are hoping for a better performance from point guard Tony Parker, who finished with two points on 1-of-6 shooting.\u00a0 \u201cIt looked like he had no energy to start the game,\u201d stated Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.\u00a0 The franchise has won 11 of its last 12 games against Atlanta, which is important to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Spurs have won 14 consecutive home games against the Hawks by an average of 18.6 points, while they\u2019ve gone 11-2 versus Eastern Conference opponents at the AT&T Center this year.\u00a0 San Antonio ranks fourth in the league in averaging 103.5 points per game, while sitting second in knocking down 48.4 percent of its shots.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Spurs due to the home team being 13-6-1 ATS in the last 20 meetings in this series, while the Hawks are 0-5 ATS in their last five games overall.<\/p>\n

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Atlanta Hawks at San Antonio Spurs Saturday, 4\/6\/13, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSSW Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 194.5 Current Total:\u00a0 193 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Atlanta has dropped back-to-back games, including a 101-90 setback to the Philadelphia 76ers as six-point home favorites Friday, while going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3277,4195,834,3276,18,141,1029],"class_list":["post-28490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-al-horford","tag-att-center","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-josh-smith","tag-nba","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-tony-parker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28490","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=28490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28491,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28490\/revisions\/28491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}