Philadelphia 76ers versus San Antonio Spurs Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 1-21-2013

  • 11 years ago
The 32-11 San Antonio Spurs will be the road team when they face the 17-23 Philadelphia 76ers in an NBA pro basketball game on Monday night. Tip off time from Philadelphia is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by TNT.

The NBA odds in this game has the road team San Antonio Spurs favored by -6 points with an over under line of 194 ½ points. When the odds came out a few hours ago it was the Spurs favored by -6 ½ points with a total of 194 ½ points. There has been a ½ point move on the side of Philadelphia.

The teams met on January 5th and it was the Spurs as a 109-86 home win as a -13 ½ point betting favorite. The total landed under 198 points. Trend: San Antonio Spurs are 4-0 to the under in their past four games

San Antonio is 14-9 on the road on the year. The team has won four straight games. They come off the 98-93 road win on Saturday against the Atlanta Hawks as a -3 ½ point betting favorite. The game landed under 194 points. The Spurs shot just under 48% from the floor and limited the Hawks just 41% shooting. Tony Parker had 23 points and dished out 12 assists in the win. San Antonio is a top five team in the league in the three major scoring categories in points scored, overall and three point shooting percentage. Veteran Tim Duncan is having a good season with a 17 points a game along with 50% shooting.

The 76ers are 11-9 on their home court on the year. The team hosted Toronto on Friday losers of six of seven games. They pull out the 108-101 home win on Friday against the Raptors as a -4 point betting favorite. The game ended over 190 points. Philadelphia overcomes a 17 point first half deficit to force the overtime period. The 76ers had a good shooting night making over 51% from the field. Jrue Holiday had 33 points and 14 assists. Philadelphia has scored 99 points or greater in their past three games. They are trying to improve on a points per game average this season of 93 ranking 27th in the NBA.

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