| Monday, January 17<\/th>\n | NBA Betting Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
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| Point Spread:<\/td>\n | Phoenix Suns -4.5 at San Antonio Spurs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Total:<\/td>\n | 227 Points<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Game Time:<\/td>\n | 8:40pm ET \/ 5:40pm PT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Arena:<\/td>\n | AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| TV:<\/td>\n | Bally Sports Southwest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nPhoenix Suns at San Antonio Spurs Analysis<\/h2>\nThe Spurs will host the Phoenix Suns on Monday, and the big story in this game is the health of Deandre Ayton. He twisted his ankle yesterday and is game time decision, but I would be surprised if he plays on the back to back. That\u2019s a big loss for Phoenix as we saw them struggle without him in a few games last month. Speaking of struggling, the Spurs have lost nine out of 11 games, but they\u2019ll look to get a win today as they are +4.5 underdogs with a total of 227.5. Let\u2019s find a way to make this game a profitable one for us.<\/p>\n Spurned Spurs<\/h3>\nThe Spurs won against the Clippers on Saturday, and that\u2019s only the second win for them since December 27th. They\u2019ve been missing different players from game to game, and it\u2019s been a rough stretch for them, and outside of Dejounte Murray they don\u2019t really have anyone that scares opposing teams.. In their last 13 games they\u2019ve lost, they\u2019ve given up 110 points or more, and in their last two wins they\u2019ve given up 97 or less. They are 3-7 against the spread in their last 10 games, but they might have a real nice advantage tonight if Ayton is out. For the season, they give up 24 points to centers, so not having to face Ayton would be a big boost to their chances tonight.<\/p>\n Suns Shining<\/h3>\nThe Suns were happy to get Ayton back and they\u2019ve won three straight, but with the tweaked ankle we probably won\u2019t see a long winning streak like we saw earlier in the season. Booker has been on a tear scoring 30, 35 the last two games, but for this game I\u2019m going to go back to December 27th when Ayton started to miss time. Phoenix went 1-2 the three games without him, but then won three straight games money line and against the spread before his return, so it felt like it took a couple games to figure out their rotation without him, and that was a short time ago so I have to believe they won\u2019t have problems tonight. Yesterday he left the game early, and Phoenix went on to beat Detroit 135-108.<\/p>\n Phoenix Suns at San Antonio Spurs Prediction<\/h3>\nThe Suns have recently been running up the score on wins against lesser quality opponents as they have big wins over Detroit, Indiana, New Orleans, OKC, Charlotte, etc. They beat a better team recently in Toronto, but only by 4 points. San Antonio is just struggling right now, and this spread is just low enough for me to take. The last four wins they had without Ayton were wins by an average of 18 points, I\u2019ll take them to win by margin again today.<\/p>\n PREDICTION: Suns -4.5<\/strong><\/p>\n Interested in placing a bet on tonight’s Phoenix Suns at San Antonio Spurs contest? DraftKings is offering a $1,000 Deposit Bonus<\/a> for first-time bettors in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Tennessee, Michigan, Virginia, Wyoming and Arizona.<\/em><\/p>\n Monday on WagerTalk TV: |
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