NBA basketball betting odds have the Spurs listed as 8.5-point favorites.

Over the summer the Spurs acquired forward Richard Jefferson from Milwaukee for Bruce Bowen, Kurt Thomas, and Fabricio Oberto. San Antonio also signed veterans Antonio McDyess and Theo Ratliff in the offseason to bolster its frontcourt.

Chris Paul, who finished fifth in last season’s MVP voting, won’t have Tyson Chandler to pass to this season after the Hornets traded the center to Charlotte for Emeka Okafor.

David West scored a career-best 21.0 points per game with 8.5 rebounds in 2008-09. He averaged 23.5 points and 10.5 boards as the Hornets and Spurs split four games last season.

New Orleans has lost three straight and nine of 10 in San Antonio.

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More importantly, it put the Nuggets ahead 3-1 in their best-of-seven series and on the verge of winning a playoff matchup for the first time since 1994. The last time they won a best-of-seven series was 1985.
The Nuggets stifled Chris Paul, whose four points and six assists amounted to one of the worst games of his career, with waves of double teams that induced a half-dozen turnovers.

Denver's biggest pitfall could be overconfidence, but after the beatdown they put on the Hornets it would be shocking if this series did not end tonight. Get your NBA playoff odds in the Bodog Sportsbook now.

With the Hornets desperate for a victory as the series shifted to New Orleans, Byron Scott shortened his rotation, using only three reserves in Game 3.

James Posey sprained his right knee, but played through the injury throughout the second half and is expected to do the same as the Hornets attempt to even the series at 2-2.

Carmelo Anthony had ice on his right elbow after Sunday's practice, treating a contusion he suffered in the fourth quarter of Game 3. Anthony said he would definitely play.

Tyson Chandler, playing with a sore left ankle that has bothered him for weeks, also is expected to start for the 2.5-point favored Hornets. Get your NBA basketball odds in the Bodog Sportsbook.

The Hornets weren't exactly thrilled with some of Denver's tactics, taking particular exception to the way Dahntay Jones was checking and pushing around Chris Paul.

It must of worked because Paul finished with 21 points on 7-of-19 shooting.

The 6-point favored Nuggets wouldn't mind seeing Carmelo Anthony bounce back after being limited to just 13 points. Then again he did not play much in the second half due to the blowout.

The favorite is 5-1 ATS in the last six meetings between these clubs.

They split the season series 2-2, with each team winning once on the road, but the teams were rarely at full strength when they met. The Nuggets were missing Carmelo Anthony for one of their losses, while the Hornets never had Tyson Chandler and were also without Peja Stojakovic in one of the losses.

Without Peja, the Hornets were robbed of their only real reliable 3-point threat. He averaged 20.7 points against Denver, and with that kind of production the Hornets stand a much better chance of upsetting the Nuggets. Get your NBA bets in the Bodog Sportsbook and make the game more exciting!

Last time these teams met Tyson Chandler tipped in a missed shot off the backboard with 3.3 seconds left as New Orleans won its sixth straight versus Milwaukee. The Bucks haven't won in this series since 2005.
The Bucks have dropped eight of 11, including a 120-112 loss to New York on Tuesday night in which they wasted a 32-point effort from Charlie Villanueva.

New Orleans has committed only 12.6 turnovers a contest and hasn't turned the ball over more than 19 times in a single game all season.

The Hornets enter this one as 3.5-point favorites.

It will be tough to win in New Orleans, where the Mavericks were 0-5 last season, including three losses in a first-round playoff series won by the Hornets. The Mavericks had won their previous 10 road games against the Hornets up until that point.

New Orleans is one game ahead of Dallas in the fight for the postseason thanks to its season-high five-game winning streak.

Chris Paul had 33 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds and seven steals for his second consecutive triple-double against Dallas in a 104-97 road victory on Jan. 14. Get your NBA basketball lines with Bodog today.

The Hornets have won the last three matchups against the Sixers by an average of 18.3 points. Chris Paul scored a game-high 27 points in a 101-86 home victory on Jan. 26.

Philadelphia has lost five of seven since the All-Star break, and will need to end its late-game struggles in order to defeat New Orleans at home for the fifth time in six meetings.

Andre Miller is averaging 21.5 points and shooting 52.9 percent in his last six contests, and has scored 17.9 per game in his last seven against the Hornets franchise. Be sure to get all your NBA basketball lines with the Bodog Sportsbook now.

Chandler has missed the last 14 games since spraining his left ankle Jan. 12. He’s scheduled to join the Hornets in Los Angeles, where they play the Lakers on Friday, though he’s not expected to play during the three-game road trip.

That means New Orleans will be undermanned against one of the best teams in the NBA.

The Lakers beat the Warriors in Oracle Arena on Wednesday night and continued their torrid offensive pace.
One thing going for the Hornets is their impressive 4-0 ATS record in the last four meetings in Los Angeles. Will they have the depth to steal another one from the Lakers?

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The trade brought veteran Joe Smith and Chris Wilcox to New Orleans and should give the team some salary cap room next season, but it could weaken the Hornets inside for the remainder of this season.

Even worse is the fact that it is unclear if Smith or Wilcox will be with the Hornets tonight. Not a good thing with Howard coming to town.

The Magic center had a career-high 45 points on 16-of-23 shooting from the field with 19 rebounds and eight blocked shots and helped Orlando beat Charlotte on Tuesday.

Orlando, a 1-point underdog tonight, is 11-2 on the road against Western Conference opponents this season.