Oklahoma City Thunder versus New Orleans Hornets Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball 12-12-2012
- 11 years ago
The 5-15 New Orleans Hornets will be on a back to back as they face the 17-4 Oklahoma City Thunder in an NBA pro basketball game on Wednesday night. Tip off time from Oklahoma City is set for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The odds from this NBA game have the home team Oklahoma City Thunder favored by -14 points with an over under set at 196 points. When the odds were released a few hours back the Thunder was -13 ½ point favorites and the total was lined at 196 points. There has been a ½ point move on OKC and no movement on the total.
This is already the third meeting between the Hornets and Thunder. Oklahoma City won and covered each game which was played in New Orleans. Trend: New Orleans Hornets are 2-5 ATS in their past seven meetings.
New Orleans enters play with four straight losses. They are having trouble big time scoring with injuries to both Anthony David and Eric Gordon. Last night the Hornets give the Washington Wizards their first road win on the season as New Orleans drops a 77-70 home decision. New Orleans was unable to hold a 22-11 lead after one period. Washington was playing without John Wall. The Hornets shot just 32% from the field in the loss and had 16 turnovers. Anthony Davis returned to the lineup last night and played 24 minutes coming off the bench with 13 points and 8 rebounds. At 91 points per game average the Hornets are 28th in the NBA in scoring offense.
Oklahoma City brings a professional approach to the court every game as they are riding an 8 game win streak. They come off the 104-93 home win on Sunday to the Indiana Pacers as a -10 point favorite. The Thunder is number one scoring offense in the NBA at 106 points per game average and second in field goal percentage at 49.1% shooting. OKC is good on defense allowing opponents only 42.6% shooting good for third in pro basketball. With James Harden in Houston, Kevin Martin is third on the Thunder’s roster in scoring average with nearly 16 points per game average and 47% shooting. Kevin Durant leads the team with 27 points per game average.
The odds from this NBA game have the home team Oklahoma City Thunder favored by -14 points with an over under set at 196 points. When the odds were released a few hours back the Thunder was -13 ½ point favorites and the total was lined at 196 points. There has been a ½ point move on OKC and no movement on the total.
This is already the third meeting between the Hornets and Thunder. Oklahoma City won and covered each game which was played in New Orleans. Trend: New Orleans Hornets are 2-5 ATS in their past seven meetings.
New Orleans enters play with four straight losses. They are having trouble big time scoring with injuries to both Anthony David and Eric Gordon. Last night the Hornets give the Washington Wizards their first road win on the season as New Orleans drops a 77-70 home decision. New Orleans was unable to hold a 22-11 lead after one period. Washington was playing without John Wall. The Hornets shot just 32% from the field in the loss and had 16 turnovers. Anthony Davis returned to the lineup last night and played 24 minutes coming off the bench with 13 points and 8 rebounds. At 91 points per game average the Hornets are 28th in the NBA in scoring offense.
Oklahoma City brings a professional approach to the court every game as they are riding an 8 game win streak. They come off the 104-93 home win on Sunday to the Indiana Pacers as a -10 point favorite. The Thunder is number one scoring offense in the NBA at 106 points per game average and second in field goal percentage at 49.1% shooting. OKC is good on defense allowing opponents only 42.6% shooting good for third in pro basketball. With James Harden in Houston, Kevin Martin is third on the Thunder’s roster in scoring average with nearly 16 points per game average and 47% shooting. Kevin Durant leads the team with 27 points per game average.