Golden State Warriors favorite against the San Antonio Spurs

The betting preview with odds and point spread on the tonight NBA games San Antonio Spurs vs. Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets vs. Phoenix Suns.

Golden State Warriors favorite against the San Antonio Spurs For those looking to diversify today, there are two NBA games scheduled for Monday night, which are bound to draw plenty of interest, considering the odds offered by the bookmakers, starting with the late-night matchup between the San Antonio Spurs (23-9) and the Golden State Warriors (19-5). The Spurs will rely on Manu Ginobili, who is back from a five-game injury, forward Tim Duncan and Tony Parker to give hard time to the Warriors on Monday. But all those stars failed to convince the odds makers and at the online sportsbook Bodog Sports, the point spread on the Spurs vs. Warriors game is currently favoring Golden State -3 points, with the betting total at 206 points. The Warriors are also odds favorite at Bookmaker, listed with money line -150 and the odds on the Spurs to win the game are sitting at +130.

A few things to consider for the San Antonio vs. Golden State matchup. San Antonio has allowed the third fewest points in the league at 91.3 per game, but is third in rebounds allowed in the league at 39.3. Meanwhile the Golden State is the second highest scoring team in the league at 108.1 points per game, the Warriors, however, have the worst defence in the league allowing 106.8 points per game so the total could easily go over the posted 206 points, betting trends show that the total has gone OVER in 9 of Golden State's last 11 games when playing at home against San Antonio. Also, San Antonio is 1-4 against the spread in its last 5 games and Golden State is 2-4 against the spread in its last 6 games.

The other NBA game scheduled for Monday will start a little earlier and will feature the matchup between the Denver Nuggets (21-12) and the Phoenix Suns (23-10). The betting numbers on this NBA game are even bigger at the sportsbooks. The Suns are the clear favorite to win with odds -335 and the Nuggets will enter the US Airways Center as the underdog with odds +285. The point spread on the Denver Nuggets vs. Phoenix Suns game is currently sitting at -7 points chalk the Suns with total set at 227 points at Bodog Sports. Keep in mind that Denver is 5-1 against the spread in its last 6 games and Phoenix is 2-4 against the spread in its last 6 games. Also, the total has gone OVER in 4 of Phoenix's last 6 games when playing at home against the Denver Nuggets.

Published on 01/07/2008