NBA Playoff Betting Preview Game 5 New Orleans Hornets at Denver Nuggets

Published on April 29, 2009 by admin · No Comments

The New Orleans Hornets will look to stave off elimination in game 5 against the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference NBA Best of 7 Playoff series. Denver leads the series 3-1 off of their 121-63 complete pounding of the Hornets in game 4 last Sunday in New Orleans. Tip off time is set for 10:30PM Eastern Time in Denver with TNT televising. LVSC has sent out the opening numbers for game number 5 and the home team Denver Nuggets opened as 9 point favorites with the over under coming in at 193 ½. The early money has poured in on the home team Denver Nuggets, as they are currently 11-point favorites. The total has been bet upward 4 full points to 197 ½.

Game 4 is a game the New Orleans Hornets and their fans would like to forget. It was an embarrassing 58-point loss to the Nuggets that could tear a team apart from it seams. Chris Paul had been carrying the Hornets throughout this series and entire regular season and only had 4 points in game 4 on 2-7 shooting from the floor. Forward Peja Stojakovic continues to struggle from the field as he contributed with only 2-9 from the field and was a combined 3-18 from the field in both games at home. The Hornets shot just 31% from the field in game 4 and the Nuggets shot 56% from the field with 10-20 from the three-point line. Carmelo Anthony, who scored 26 points, his series high, on 9-17 shooting from the field, led the Nuggets. Nuggets guard Chauncey Billups has had a great series thus far hitting on 51% of his shots from the field and averaging 25 points per game. Billups has also been outstanding at the free throw line hitting on 32-34 from the charity stripe. The Nuggets have told reporters there biggest fear is overconfidence in their close out game at home against the Hornets.

Trend: Denver is 5-0 ATS in their past 5 meetings

The Wagerline consensus has 58.4% of the bettors on Denver -11

The Wagerline consensus has 56.3% of the bettors playing over 197 1/2