Charlotte Chalk
The largest spread on the board Tuesday takes place from the Spectrum Center in North Carolina when Charlotte (5-5 SU, 7-3 ATS) hosts Atlanta (3-6 SU, 3-6 ATS) in a Southeast Division matchup. The Hornets opened as 11-point favorites and while the line may seem a tad high, you can make a strong case for the favorite in this spot. Charlotte cleans up on weaker teams and it’s record as a favorite (4-2 SU, 4-2 ATS) has been solid, plus all four of those wins came by double digits. At home, the Hornets have notched wins versus the Bulls, Heat and Cavaliers while coming up short to the Bucks and Thunder which goes back to my ‘bully’ status on them.
The Hawks live and die from distance and you better hope they shoot a good percentage if you’re taking the points. Atlanta enters this game off a 123-118 win over Miami last Saturday as a 5 ½-point home underdog and it has captured back-to-back wins once this season. Again, you need Atlanta to score if you bet on the club knowing they’re allowing 120.2 PPG and that’s the third worst in the league. For what it’s worth, the spread hasn’t mattered in Hawks games this season. When they lose, they get run out of the building while all three of the wins were outright as ‘dogs.
Before placing a buy order on Atlanta money-line (+550), make a note that Charlotte swept the season series (4-0 SU, 4-0 ATS) last season and is 8-2 in the last 10 encounters and the last five wins in Charlotte came by an average of 14.2 PPG.
The largest spread on the board Tuesday takes place from the Spectrum Center in North Carolina when Charlotte (5-5 SU, 7-3 ATS) hosts Atlanta (3-6 SU, 3-6 ATS) in a Southeast Division matchup. The Hornets opened as 11-point favorites and while the line may seem a tad high, you can make a strong case for the favorite in this spot. Charlotte cleans up on weaker teams and it’s record as a favorite (4-2 SU, 4-2 ATS) has been solid, plus all four of those wins came by double digits. At home, the Hornets have notched wins versus the Bulls, Heat and Cavaliers while coming up short to the Bucks and Thunder which goes back to my ‘bully’ status on them.
The Hawks live and die from distance and you better hope they shoot a good percentage if you’re taking the points. Atlanta enters this game off a 123-118 win over Miami last Saturday as a 5 ½-point home underdog and it has captured back-to-back wins once this season. Again, you need Atlanta to score if you bet on the club knowing they’re allowing 120.2 PPG and that’s the third worst in the league. For what it’s worth, the spread hasn’t mattered in Hawks games this season. When they lose, they get run out of the building while all three of the wins were outright as ‘dogs.
Before placing a buy order on Atlanta money-line (+550), make a note that Charlotte swept the season series (4-0 SU, 4-0 ATS) last season and is 8-2 in the last 10 encounters and the last five wins in Charlotte came by an average of 14.2 PPG.