WARRIORS 119, HORNETS 101

Betting Results:
Head to Head: Warriors, odds 1.135
Line: Warriors (-12.5), odds 1.917 - winning tip backed at -11.5
Total Points: Under (229.5), odds 1.929

Pre-game Prediction
Warriors, 83.4%
Hornets, 16.6%

Two from three winning tips for the team on this one, we tipped GSW to cover the spread, and LeMelo Ball to beat his points target. Whilst our third tip (Steph Over 4.5 Rebounds) was a loser, the game was very profitable overall - taking our season to date NBA tipping profit to $664.19 (24%)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Stephen Curry had 21 points and 10 assists in his annual homecoming game, and Golden State pulled away in the second half to defeat Charlotte for their sixth win in seven games.

Stephen Curry scores 21 in homecoming game to lift Warriors past Hornets 119-101

By STEVE REED Associated Press The Associated Press CHARLOTTE N.C.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Stephen Curry had 21 points and 10 assists in his annual homecoming game, and the Golden State Warriors pulled away in the second half to defeat the Charlotte Hornets 119-101 on Monday night for their sixth win in seven games.

Curry, who was raised in Charlotte and played at nearby Davidson College, finished 6 of 14 from the field and made three 3-pointers.

The Hornets appeared determined not to let Curry beat them in the first half and repeatedly blitzed the 11-time All-Star with double-teams. Curry responded by finding open teammates for easy buckets and had nine assists at halftime.

Buddy Hield scored 22 points and Brandin Podziemski added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Warriors, who were coming off a 126-119 loss at Philadelphia on Saturday.

Draymond Green had 16 points and 13 rebounds.

The struggles continued for the Hornets, who’ve lost 10 of 11 and seven straight. Miles Bridges led Charlotte with 35 points, and LaMelo Ball added 25 points and nine rebounds.

Takeaways

Warriors: The game started to get chippy in the third quarter after a collision between Ball and Gary Payton II forced Payton to leave the floor with a head injury. A short while later, Warriors coach Steve Kerr was assessed a technical foul and Green was assessed a flagrant-1 foul.

Hornets: Injuries have depleted Charlotte’s bench, which was outscored 45-21.

Key moment

After Charlotte cut the lead to three late in the third quarter, Hield knocked down back-to-back 3s and Jimmy Butler added a corner 3 to help push the lead back to double digits.

Key stat

Curry’s string of 29 consecutive made free throws ended. He missed twice from the line.

This is how we previewed this game....

We're focusing our minds on this cross conference game, between the Warriors and the Hornets. All the indicators are that GSW will travel to Charlotte and come away with a comprehensive win.

GSW are having an improving season, improving since the signing of Jimmy Butler from Miami. They lie 7th in the West 32-28-53% record, 15-15 on the road, 7-3 L10 on a L1 streak (the game Jimmy B missed). Charlotte are shite frankly, 14th in the East, 14-25-24%, 9-21 at home. The joint worst L10 in the game 1-9 and L6 streak. Bobbins.

Golden State (-11.5) at odds of 1.91

Snap this up if you can, its only going one way and that is UP. Many sportsbooks are already at 12.5....one is at 13.5. already. Jimmy Butler is listed as "Probable", and that makes us very happy with this bet.

Returns $38.20 for a $20 bet

LaMelo Ball (CHA) Over 22.5 Points at odds of 1.80

A great game for LeMelo this, a pretty open defense, averaging almost 25ppg this season at home, a shoot out against Steph perhaps. Its a good price when our model puts Ball on 24-26 points.

Returns $18.00 for a $10 bet

Steph Curry (GSW) Over 4.5 Rebounds at odds of 1.80

Should probably be tipping him for 3 point % made or something like that, but Sniper Steph has gone over his total RB market on all 5 of his last games when GSW for favoured. Big game coming up.

Returns $18.00 for a $10 bet

We got two from three last night, including our big bet on the Warriors to beat the spread. Only Steph lets us down, hitting 3 rebounds when we needed 5. $40 staked, $56.20 returned for a juicy $16.20 profit.