NBA LONG SHEET
SAN ANTONIO (63 - 30) at NEW ORLEANS (63 - 30)
Top Trends for this game.
SAN ANTONIO is 16-30 ATS (-17.0 Units) in road games this season.
SAN ANTONIO is 9-18 ATS (-10.8 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
NEW ORLEANS is 56-36 ATS (+16.4 Units) in all games this season.
NEW ORLEANS is 41-23 ATS (+15.7 Units) as a favorite this season.
NEW ORLEANS is 11-3 ATS (+7.7 Units) as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points this season.
NEW ORLEANS is 31-16 ATS (+13.4 Units) in home games this season.
NEW ORLEANS is 26-14 ATS (+10.6 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent this season.
NEW ORLEANS is 13-5 ATS (+7.5 Units) after a loss by 10 points or more this season.
NEW ORLEANS is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) after scoring 85 points or less this season.
NEW ORLEANS is 14-4 ATS (+9.6 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season this season.
SAN ANTONIO is 207-165 ATS (+25.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season since 1996.
Head-to-Head Series History
SAN ANTONIO is 10-8 against the spread versus NEW ORLEANS over the last 3 seasons
SAN ANTONIO is 12-6 straight up against NEW ORLEANS over the last 3 seasons
10 of 17 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
NBA SHORT SHEET
Western Conference
Second Round
Game Seven
Series Tied, 3-3
New Orleans at San Antonio, 8:05 ET
San Antonio:
6-15 ATS AWAY off a home win
3-14 ATS as a road underdog of 6 points or less
New Orleans:
11-0 ATS in home games revenging a same season loss
10-1 ATS off a DD road loss
NBA Games
Home team is 22-2 in this round of playoffs, 6-0 in this series; winner tonight takes on Lakers in Western Conference finals. So far in this series, Spurs lost in Big Easy by 19-18-22 points, getting crushed in second half of all three games. West left the last game with bad back after hard foul by Horry; his status is unsure, although he'd have to be crippled not to play. Is he at 100% though? Over is 7-4 in San Antonio playoff games.
Trend Sheet
8:30 PM SAN ANTONIO vs. NEW ORLEANS
San Antonio is 14-7 ATS in its last 21 games when playing on the road against New Orleans
San Antonio is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against New Orleans
New Orleans is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
New Orleans is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Tips and Trends
San Antonio Spurs at New Orleans Hornets
Spurs: Despite winning Game 6 last Thursday and enjoying some time off since then, San Antonio still has never won a series when down 0-2 and faces a big challenge on the road in Game 7. The Spurs were not a good road team down the stretch of the regular season, and you would think the extra rest would be good for an aging team like this. However, they are just 5-6 ATS with three days of rest or more while the much younger Hornets are 6-2 ATS. Still, the defending champs seem ready to go. "It's a great test for both teams," San Antonio's Manu Ginobili said. "It's going to be a really tense game with a lot of adrenaline. A lot of pressure, and we?re going to try to be the ones that respond to that pressure the best way."
Spurs are 1-8 ATS in their last 9 road games.
The OVER is 7-2 in San Antonio's last 9 games following an ATS win.
Key Injuries - NONE
PROJECTED SCORE: 89
Hornets (-4, O/U 182.5): New Orleans is unbeaten in six home playoff games so far, winning by an average margin of 16.7 points. The home team in this series has also won by an average of more than 18 points. There is some concern that such a young team that hasn't yet faced elimination in the playoffs could be tight, but forward David West is a veteran who believes he and his teammates will be ready. "The reason we fought out games throughout the regular season was to be able to have a Game 7 on your home floor," West said. "We've been able to do that, so we've got to take advantage of the opportunity we have."
Home team is 8-0 SU & ATS in the last 8 meetings.
The UNDER is 3-0 in the last 3 meetings.
Key Injuries - F David West (20.6 ppg; back) is probable.
PROJECTED SCORE: 93