Indiana (24-22) at San Antonio (30-17)
When: Sunday, January 21st 2018
Where: AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
Time: 7:05 ET | TV: FS Indiana, FS Southwest
Opening Odds: San Antonio -5.5/206.5
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The San Antonio Spurs can’t seem to gather any momentum in the win column, but they’ll have a nice opportunity to string together some wins as they play seven of their next eight games at home beginning with the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night. San Antonio has traded wins and losses for the last 11 games, but are an NBA-best 19-2 at home and haven’t lost a game at AT&T Center since November 10th. San Antonio ended a three-game road trip on a sour note, dropping an 86-83 decision at Toronto on Friday while shooting 34.1% from the floor. The Spurs are averaging 107 points on 48.2% shooting in 21 home games but just 96 points and 43.3% shooting away from AT&T Center. The Pacers are wrapping-up a five game road trip that saw them take the first two in Phoenix and Utah, but have dropped the last two games at Portland and Los Angeles (Lakers) while scoring just 86 points in each. Indiana averaged 114.5 in winning at Phoenix and Utah but shot a combined 38.8% from the floor against the Trail Blazers and Lakers in a back-to-back. The Pacers took the first game of the season series in Indianapolis back on October 29th as four starters scored at least 12 points led by Victor Oladipo’s 23.
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Part of Indiana’s shooting woes came from the three-point line where they were a putrid 2-of-25. The Pacers weren’t much better with a 7-of-26 effort from long range at Portland on Thursday and leading scorer Oladipo is a combined 2-of-14 in the last two games after nailing 7-of-12 from beyond the arc in the first two stops on the trip. Reserve swingman Lance Stephenson is having a tough road trek, averaging four points after going 1-of-18 from the floor over the last two games. Forward Bojan Bogdanovic isn’t much better, shooting 2-of-10 from 3-point range over the last two games as well.
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San Antonio is leaning on power forward LaMarcus Aldridge to lead the offense in the absence of star Kawhi Leonard, who is out again with a thigh injury. Aldridge was just 6-of-25 from the floor in Friday’s loss to the Raptors, but is averaging 22.6 points on 48.9% shooting for the season and still led the Spurs in scoring with 17 points at Toronto. Kyle Anderson is trying to fill in for Leonard and matched a career high with 11 rebounds on Friday. San Antonio could get shooting guard Manu Ginobili (thigh) back on Sunday after sitting out the last two games.
NBA SCORES – ODDS – PUBLIC PLAYS
Indiana is tired of being on the road and it showed the last two nights. The Spurs are not the same team without Leonard, but they are still better than the Pacers and they’re almost unbeatable at home.
Pick: Spurs -6
- Pacers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 Sunday games.
- Pacers are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games following a straight up loss.
- Pacers are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- Pacers are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 road games.
- Pacers are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 vs. Western Conference.
- Pacers are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games following a ATS loss.
- Pacers are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a straight up loss of more than 10 points.
- Pacers are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 vs. NBA Southwest.
- Spurs are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following a straight up loss.
- Spurs are 13-3-1 ATS in their last 17 home games vs. a team with a losing road record.
- Spurs are 15-4-2 ATS in their last 21 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Spurs are 6-2-1 ATS in their last 9 Sunday games.
- Spurs are 15-5-1 ATS in their last 21 home games.
- Spurs are 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- Spurs are 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall.
- Spurs are 10-4 ATS in their last 14 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Spurs are 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a ATS win.
- Spurs are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 vs. NBA Central.
- Under is 5-0 in Pacers last 5 overall.
- Under is 4-0 in Pacers last 4 road games.
- Under is 7-0 in Pacers last 7 vs. Western Conference.
- Under is 5-1 in Pacers last 6 vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- Under is 9-2 in Pacers last 11 games following a ATS loss.
- Under is 4-1 in Pacers last 5 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Under is 8-2 in Pacers last 10 games following a straight up loss.
- Under is 4-1 in Pacers last 5 games following a straight up loss of more than 10 points.
- Under is 7-2 in Pacers last 9 Sunday games.
- Over is 19-7 in Pacers last 26 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
- Under is 5-2 in Pacers last 7 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Under is 10-4 in Pacers last 14 vs. NBA Southwest.
- Under is 7-3 in Pacers last 10 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Under is 4-0 in Spurs last 4 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Under is 5-0 in Spurs last 5 overall.
- Under is 7-1 in Spurs last 8 vs. NBA Central.
- Under is 5-1 in Spurs last 6 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Under is 4-1 in Spurs last 5 games following a straight up loss.
- Under is 4-1 in Spurs last 5 vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- Over is 13-4 in Spurs last 17 Sunday games.
- Under is 14-5 in Spurs last 19 games following a ATS win.
- Pacers are 4-0 ATS in the last 4 meetings.
- Under is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.
- Home team is 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings.
- Underdog is 4-0 ATS in the last 4 meetings.
