Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Charlotte Bobcats will hit the road for an NBA pro basketball game against the New Jersey Nets on Sunday night.
Tip off time from New Jersey is set for 6PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass.
The betting odds opened with the home team New Jersey Nets favored by -6 points with an over under of 195 ½ points.
Money early has come in on the side of the road team as the New Jersey Nets is now favored by -5 ½ points.
The total in the game has moved down to 194 ½ points.
New Jersey Nets money line bettors will lay –215 odds with the road underdog Charlotte Bobcats returning +195 odds to score the upset win without the need for getting points.
Charlotte won and covered the point spread in three of their four games against the Nets last season.
The under came home in three of the four games.
Charlotte heads to New Jersey with a record of 3-13. The team is 1-7 on the highway.
The club puts up 90 points and hit on 43.3% from the floor with 31.1% coming from beyond the arc.
Defensively the Bobcats give up 101 points and 46.3% shooting. Teams hit on 35.8% from the three point line against them.
They have lost three straight and nine of their past 10 games.
The Bobcats are coming off the 95-89 road loss at Chicago last night as a +12 ½ point underdog.
The total came over the closing line of 183 points.
Charlotte made 47.3% from the floor with 2 of 11 coming from beyond the arc.
They pulled down 44 rebounds to the Bulls 37. The Bobcats had eight more turnovers than Chicago.
Gerald Henderson led the club with 22 points and nine rebounds with 9 of 17 shooting.
Center Byron Mullens scored 17 points as he made 7 of his 14 shots.
Off the bench Corey Higgins had 10 points in the loss.
They allowed the Bulls 47.1% shooting with 6 of 15 conversions from three.
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New Jersey will host the Bobcats with a record of 4-12 on the 2011-12 campaign. The team is 1-5 at home.
The team averages 91 points and makes 41.1% from the floor with 29.6% from beyond the arc. New Jersey makes 77.9% of their free throws.
Defensively New Jersey allows 99 points and 48.7% shooting. Teams hit on 43.3% from the three point line against them.
The Nets were defeated last night by the Oklahoma City Thunder 84-74 as a -8 ½ point favorite.
The over under landed under the closing line of 201 points.
New Jersey was held to just 51 points after three quarters.
The Nets shot horribly making only 31% from the floor with 3 of 23 coming from beyond the arc.
Deron Williams had 14 points along with six assists as he made 5 of 18 from the field.
MarShon Brooks finished up with 14 points with 6 of 17 shooting.
Jordan Farmar in a reserve role finished with 13 points with 4 of 10 from the floor.
New Jersey allowed Oklahoma City 41.6% shooting and 4 of 7 coming from beyond the arc.
Trend: Charlotte Bobcats are 4-1 ATS in their past five games versus the Nets.
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