NBA Basketball Betting: Odds Favor Spurs vs Hornets

The New Orleans Hornets and the San Antonio Spurs will both be gunning for a victory on Friday night at 9:30pm EST when they meet at AT&T Center in a game that can be seen on ESPN. NBA basketball betting odds have the Spurs listed as 8-point favorites against the Hornets while the game's total is sitting at 197.5. The Hornets were outlasted 104-100 by the Memphis Grizzlies last time out as 2-point favorites in NBA odds. That game's 204 points sailed OVER the posted total of 202 at online sportsbooks. Marcus Thornton netted 24 points, Darren Collison collected 17 with 14 assists for a double-double and David West added 15 in a losing effort.

The Hornets have now lost three straight games after only scoring 24 points in the fourth quarter. The Hornets playoff hopes are in danger of being squashed as New Orleans has lost five of their last six games and are a half-game behind the Grizzlies. "As a team, I don't think we have a good rhythm. We're not playing fluid basketball," West said after the game. "Basketball is a rhythm game and everybody has to be on the same page as far as feeling good and confident about what we are going out there to do."

George Hill netted 23 points to lead the Spurs past the Hornets 106-92 on Monday night and Tim Duncan added 22 points with nine rebounds. San Antonio covered as 3-point road NBA betting favorites, while the teams played OVER the 195.5-point total listed by sportsbooks. "George has been great all year long. He's a big part of what we do and he's just finding his rhythm," said Duncan after the game. The spurs have won all three NBA basketball betting match-ups against the Hornet this season and looks to make four tonight.

Heading into tonight's game on ESPN, the Spurs are 34-24 straight up, 27-30-1 against the spread as betting favorites in NBA basketball odds and 3-7 after playing the Hornets. New Orleans is 34-24 straight up on the season, 30-31-1 against the spread as underdogs and 8-2 after playing Memphis. San Antonio is 6-1 against the spread in their last 7 games when playing at home against New Orleans while the Hornets are 7-1-1 against the NBA basketball betting spread in their last 9 games on the road. The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans's last 7 games when playing on the road against San Antonio. Vegas sports odds at the Hilton sportsbook have the San Antonio Spurs -8 favorites over the New Orleans Hornets with a total of 197.5.