Posted Thursday, November 19, 2009 03:05 PM
On Tuesday, Phoenix had a 111-105 win at Houston as a 2½-
point underdog, That makes them 10-2 overall and 6-2 on the road. Just last week Phoenix cruised past the Hornets at home, 124-104 as a seven-point Favorites, and tonight they are (-6) point favorites on the road against a Pauless Team. Remember Paul, who will be out for least a couple of weeks, scored 25 points in his team’s 24-point loss in Phoenix eight days ago.
New Orleans followed that loss with two more blowout losses to the Blazers (86-78 as a three-point home underdog) and Hawks (121-98 as a 12 ½-point road underdog). Sure, the Hornets finally got in the win column Tuesday with a 110-102 home victory … but that was against the Clippers! In fact, New Orleans has just four
wins all season, and two came against the Clippers, one came against the Kings and the other was an overtime victory over the Mavericks, who were playing on the second night of a back-to-back.
The Hornets fired coach Byron Scott last week then the very next day they lost All-Star point guard Chris Paul to a severe ankle injury. Phoenix has cashed in five of seven overall, four of five on the road and five straight when getting one day of rest between games, while the Hornets are in a verses the spread spiral of 4-13 overall, 14-35-2 after a spread-cover, 9-25 as an underdog and
4-23 as an underdog of 5 to 10½ points, and they haven’t covered a point spread in consecutive games all year. People may try to s... [More]