Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Phoenix Suns will hit the highway for a battle with Western Conference foe the San Antonio Spurs in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday afternoon. Tip off time in San Antonio is set for 1PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ABC.
The LVSC NBA odds makers opened the betting line in this game and the San Antonio Spurs opened up as 4 point betting favorites with the over under coming in at 209.
The money came in early on the side of the road underdog Phoenix Suns, as the San Antonio Spurs are currently a 3-½ point favorite. The total has seen no movement in the early betting as the over under is currently lined at 209.
Those looking to back the favored San Antonio Spurs on the money line will have to lay –165 odds with the road underdog Phoenix Suns bringing back +145 to pull off the upset win without taking the points.
These clubs will be making their second meeting of this regular season. It was the Phoenix Suns with the 116-104 home victory over the San Antonio Spurs as a 2-point betting favorite on December 15th. Phoenix had an outstanding shooting night in victory by hitting on over 51% from the field and 61% from the three-point line.
Phoenix enters this game on a bit of a roll winners of 5 straight games. They sit at 37-23 on the season and in the 5th seed just 1-½ games behind the Utah Jazz for the fourth seed with 22 games to go. Seeds 1-4 get home court advantage in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Phoenix is coming off a 125-112 home victory over the LA Clippers on Friday night. The Suns torched the Clippers from the field hitting on over 57%. Amare Stoudemire has shined for the Suns as he is coming off a 20 point effort in victory. The veteran forward has averaged over 22 points per game over his past 5 games.
San Antonio sits in the Western Conference with a record of 32-24 and is tied with the Portland Trailblazers for the 8th and final playoff seed with 26 games remaining. The Spurs are only 2 ½ games ahead of the 9th seed New Orleans Hornets. They are struggling right now losers of three of their past four games. The club is coming off a 109-104 road loss at Houston on Friday. The Spurs were marred with foul problems as the Rockets got to the line 38 times and sank 34 made free throws in victory. Point guard George Hill filling in for an injured Tony Parker contributed with 26 points on 8 of 14 shooting from the field in the teams loss to Houston. Parker is listed as probable with his bad hip.
Trend: Phoenix Suns are 6-1 ATS in their past 7 road games
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