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(NBA) Brooklyn vs. Charlotte,
Total: 219.00 | -108.00 Over
Result: Win
Total: 219.00 | -108.00 Over
Result: Win
The set-up: One team will break a losing streak tonight when the 9-42 Brooklyn Nets and the 23-28 Charlotte Hornets square off against each other the Nets own the NBA's worst overall record and enter on a nine-game slide, the longest active losing streak. The Hornets have lost seven in a row, having last won back on Jan. 21st against, you guessed it, the Nets!
Brooklyn: The season has been a total disaster for Brooklyn and there is no end in sight. The team's last win was back on Jan 20th, when the Nets improbably scored 143 points at New Orleans to beat the Pelicans. The team's p last win prior to that was back on Dec, 26th at home vs. the Hornets but a check of the team's record book reveals that those two "Ws" are the Nets' only two victories in the team's last 27 games, a span stretching all the back to Dec. 16th. Center Brook Lopez (20.3 & 5.8) has been about the team's only consistent performer and it sure hasn't helped that PG Lin (13.9 & 5.8 APG) has played just 12 games all season, last getting on the court back on Dec 26th, when the Nets beat the Hornets at Barclays Center. brooklyn allows more points than any team in the league (114.2 per game) and allows opponents to shoot 46.4 percent (ranks 24th).
Charlotte: The Hornets need a win badly and have to be happy to welcome the Nets to town. Kemba Walker's play (22.8-4.0-5.5) has earned him an All Star berth and a check of the team's roster shows a bunch of names who can actually play this game. Batum (14.8-6.5-7.2) is sure one of them and head coach Steve Clifford has to be frustrated by the team's descent. After all, Charlotte opened the season 8-3. Center Cody Zeller averages a modest 10.9 PPG and 6.6 RPG but the team sure misses him. He's been sidelined with a quadriceps contusion the last six games (all loses) and on the season, Charlotte is 1-12 in games he hasn't played!
The pick: As noted above, the Nets are the NBA's worst defensive team on the season but recently, they've played better on that end of the floor. Brooklyn allowed 129 points at Minnesota back on Jan 28th but in the team's last four games, the Nets have allowed just 102.0 PPG with all four staying under the total. With another high over/under line, the Under is a 10* play.
Brooklyn: The season has been a total disaster for Brooklyn and there is no end in sight. The team's last win was back on Jan 20th, when the Nets improbably scored 143 points at New Orleans to beat the Pelicans. The team's p last win prior to that was back on Dec, 26th at home vs. the Hornets but a check of the team's record book reveals that those two "Ws" are the Nets' only two victories in the team's last 27 games, a span stretching all the back to Dec. 16th. Center Brook Lopez (20.3 & 5.8) has been about the team's only consistent performer and it sure hasn't helped that PG Lin (13.9 & 5.8 APG) has played just 12 games all season, last getting on the court back on Dec 26th, when the Nets beat the Hornets at Barclays Center. brooklyn allows more points than any team in the league (114.2 per game) and allows opponents to shoot 46.4 percent (ranks 24th).
Charlotte: The Hornets need a win badly and have to be happy to welcome the Nets to town. Kemba Walker's play (22.8-4.0-5.5) has earned him an All Star berth and a check of the team's roster shows a bunch of names who can actually play this game. Batum (14.8-6.5-7.2) is sure one of them and head coach Steve Clifford has to be frustrated by the team's descent. After all, Charlotte opened the season 8-3. Center Cody Zeller averages a modest 10.9 PPG and 6.6 RPG but the team sure misses him. He's been sidelined with a quadriceps contusion the last six games (all loses) and on the season, Charlotte is 1-12 in games he hasn't played!
The pick: As noted above, the Nets are the NBA's worst defensive team on the season but recently, they've played better on that end of the floor. Brooklyn allowed 129 points at Minnesota back on Jan 28th but in the team's last four games, the Nets have allowed just 102.0 PPG with all four staying under the total. With another high over/under line, the Under is a 10* play.
