NBA Betting: San Antonio Spurs at Golden State Warriors

Added on Jan 24, 2011 by Jack Thurman in

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Monday offers numerous strong opportunities to bet on basketball, and in this post we’ll look at a Western Conference NBA matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors. The Spurs have been dominating play out West all season and despite a blowout loss to New Orleans in their last game still hold a 5 1/2 lead over the Lakers for the best record in the conference. The Warriors are well off the pace in both their division and the conference, but have shown signs of a return to respectability under head coach Keith Smart.

San Antonio Spurs at Golden State Warriors
January 24, 2011 7:35 PM Pacific

You have to expect a better effort from San Antonio than they put up in a 24 point loss to New Orleans on Saturday, but the scheduling sets up well for the home team. The Spurs have a much more important game on deck against the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City. They may not bring their ‘A-game’ against a lower table opponent that they’ve historically dominated. The Warriors have a long way to go, but they’re heading in the right direction under new coach Keith Smart. Golden State has become a decent home team with a 13-7 SU/12-8 ATS record. They’re also 25-18 ATS overall.

San Antonio has been a solid pointspread team all season, but they have a losing record in a couple of relevant pointspread categories. They’re not as adept playing uptempo teams, as reflected by a 3-5 ATS mark in games with a total of 210 or higher. They’re also not a dominating ATS team against opponents with losing records with a pointspread mark of 9-10 ATS. They certainly have the talent to beat any team badly, but in the long term you’ll make more money in sports betting by being a contrarian. For that reason we’ll take the points with a Golden State team that is 12-4 ATS in their last 16 games.

Bet Golden State Warriors +5′ over San Antonio Spurs