The 16-14 Brooklyn Nets will be the road team as they face the 23-8 San Antonio Spurs in an NBA pro basketball game on Monday night. Tip off time from San Antonio is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The point spread from this NBA game has the home team San Antonio Spurs favored by -9 ½ points with a total of 197 points. The spread and over under has not moved since the odds came out a few hours ago.
During the lockout year a season ago the teams met once and it was the Spurs with the 103-89 road win at the Nets as a -9 ½ point betting favorite. The total landed under 194 points. Trend: Brooklyn Nets are 2-8 ATS in their past ten games.
Brooklyn is 5-7 on the road this season. They are 2-0 straight up since the firing of former head coach Avery Johnson. After a 17 point home win against Charlotte on Friday the team defeats Cleveland on Saturday 103-100 as a -8 ½ point home favorite. The game land over 190 points. It was the first game in nine tries for the Nets to get to 100 points. They have had trouble scoring this season as the team averages just 95 points a game and 23rd in scoring offense in the NBA. Since the coaching change the Nets are going through their big man a lot more in Brook Lopez. He has averaged nearly 30 points a game since the coaching change. Brooklyn still needs to find constituent scoring from someone other than Lopez, Williams and Johnson.
The Spurs are now 12-2 on their home court. San Antonio has won five straight games. They crush Dallas on Sunday night 111-86 as a -6 point favorite on the road. San Antonio shoots 50.6% from the floor and makes 21 of 24 free throws. Tony Parker has 21 points and nine assists in the win. Parker is shooting 51% from the floor on the year. Tim Duncan is still playing efficient basketball with a 50% shooting percentage on the year and nearly 18 points a game. San Antonio is the second rank offense in the NBA averaging 105 points and 48.4% shooting.
