Charlotte (20-29) at Atlanta (15-35)
When: Wednesday, January 31st 2018
Where: Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
Time: 7:35 ET | TV: FS Southeast
Opening Odds: Charlotte -3/210.5
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Two struggling teams that could be players in next week’s trade deadline will battle on Wednesday night as the Atlanta Hawks host the Charlotte Hornets from Philips Arena. Charlotte boasts a bunch of large contracts including Dwight Howard, who was acquired over the summer, but are nine games under .500 and five games out of a playoff spot. We are already hearing rumors of the Hornets moving leading scorer Kemba Walker, who is averaging 22.1 per contest. The Hornets squandered an opportunity to make a move up the standings with losses at playoff contenders Miami and Indiana to begin the three-game road trip, as they blew fourth-quarter leads in both contests. The Hawks are tied with Orlando at the bottom of the Eastern Conference heading into Tuesday’s action, but earned an impressive win on Monday with a 105-100 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, snapping a three-game skid. Atlanta’s rebuilding squad is led by point guard Dennis Schroder, who is averaging a team-best 19.6 points a game, but is shooting a horrific 29.2% from beyond the arc. Charlotte took each of the first two meetings this season and five of the last six in the series.
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Charlotte will probably look to unload some of their high-salaried players including Walker, but owner Michael Jordan told reporters he would not trade his star guard for anything but an All-Star in return. Shooting guard Nicolas Batum, forward Marvin Williams and Howard better be ready to bolt, as the Hornets are probably not getting a playoff berth even if they keep everyone around. Batum signed a five-year, $120 million deal prior to the 2016-17 season but is struggling to produce consistently while averaging 11.4 points on 41% shooting. Batum scored just nine points on 3-of-13 shooting at Miami on Saturday but followed it up by scoring 22 on 8-of-17 from the floor in Monday’s loss at Indiana.
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Atlanta has a similar situation with their inconsistent shooting guard in Kent Bazemore, who was held to three points on 1-of-9 shooting against Washington on Saturday but scored 22 on 8-of-14 in Monday’s upset win over the Timberwolves. Bazemore was at his best at Charlotte on Friday, when he scored 26 points in 31 minutes, but the Hawks suffered a 121-110 setback – their only road game since January 10th. Schroder was held to 11 points at Charlotte and scored nine in a loss to Washington on Saturday but recorded 18 points and 11 assists on Monday with his fifth double-double.
Charlotte has been a pretty good bounce-back team after a loss, covering the spread in seven of the last 10 in that situation, including a push. Atlanta is really a bad team and the Hornets have too much veteran talent to lose this game.
Pick: Hornets -2.5
- Hornets are 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 games following a straight up loss.
- Hornets are 6-2-1 ATS in their last 9 games following a ATS loss.
- Hornets are 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 road games.
- Hornets are 9-19-1 ATS in their last 29 games vs. a team with a winning % below .400.
- Hornets are 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Hornets are 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall.
- Hornets are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Hornets are 1-6-1 ATS in their last 8 Wednesday games.
- Hawks are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Hawks are 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a straight up win.
- Hawks are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Hawks are 0-6 ATS in their last 6 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Over is 4-1 in Hornets last 5 games vs. a team with a winning % below .400.
- Under is 6-2 in Hornets last 8 when their opponent scores 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Under is 5-2 in Hornets last 7 road games.
- Over is 5-2 in Hornets last 7 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Over is 5-2 in Hornets last 7 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Over is 7-3 in Hornets last 10 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Over is 27-13 in Hornets last 40 Wednesday games.
- Under is 5-0 in Hawks last 5 Wednesday games.
- Under is 7-1 in Hawks last 8 games following a straight up win.
- Under is 7-1 in Hawks last 8 games following a ATS win.
- Under is 6-1 in Hawks last 7 home games.
- Over is 5-1 in Hawks last 6 vs. NBA Southeast.
- Under is 4-1 in Hawks last 5 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Under is 4-1 in Hawks last 5 vs. a team with a losing straight up record.
- Under is 4-1 in Hawks last 5 home games vs. a team with a losing road record.
- Under is 4-1 in Hawks last 5 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Under is 6-2 in Hawks last 8 overall.
- Under is 7-0 in the last 7 meetings in Atlanta.
- Hornets are 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings.
- Under is 13-3 in the last 16 meetings.
- Home team is 12-3-1 ATS in the last 16 meetings.
- Favorite is 19-7-1 ATS in the last 27 meetings.
- Hornets are 2-5 ATS in the last 7 meetings in Atlanta.
