NBA Betting - New Orleans Hornets at New York Knicks

New Orleans Hornets (1-2 SU & ATS) at New York Knicks (0-3 SU & ATS)

Monday, November 2 - 7:30 PM ET

BetUS NBA Basketball Sports Betting Odds:  NEW ORLEANS -3, Total 202.5

Here are some of the NBA sports betting trends as they relate to this matchup:

• NO has covered one of its last eight games
• NO has lost four of its last five games SU
• NO has played five of its last six games UNDER the total
• NO has covered one of its last five road games
• NO has lost its last eight road games SU
• NO has played four of its last six road games OVER the total
• NY has covered one of its last five games
• NY has lost four of its last five games SU
• NY has played four of its last five games OVER the total
• NY has played 15 of its last 21 games UNDER the total
• NY has covered four of its last 14 home games
• NY has lost eight of its last ten home games SU
• NY has played four of its last five home games UNDER the total

New Orleans Hornets played yesterday, as they lost a 97-87 decision to the Boston Celtics despite sinking 13 three-points shots. They were sitting with a three-point deficit at the end of three quarters but the team couldn't close it out. Emeka Okafor, working against Boston's front line, had only two field goals.

The Knicks came from way back to force overtime against the Phialdelphia 76ers on Saturday night, but after forcing overtime, promptly fell apart and found themselves on the short end of a 141-127 score. The Knicks got 30 points out of Danilo Gallinari, who was just inserted into the lineup by coach Mike D'Antoni, and Al Harrington actually came off the bench to score 42 points.

But the New York Knicks did not defend, allowing Philadelphia to shoot 61% from the field. This came one night after a spirited road effort against a team (Charlotte) that had previously scored 59 points against Boston. The opposition has been accurate 51.4% of the time from the field.

Now here are some of the head-to-head pro basketball sports betting trends as they relate to this matchup:

• NO has covered six of the last nine meetings
• NO has won seven of the last nine meetings SU
• Four of the last six meetings have gone UNDER the total
• NO has won and covered four of the last five meetings as the road team
• NO has covered six of the last 20 meetings as the road team
• NY has won 14 of the last 20 meetings SU as the home team
• Six of the last seven meetings in New York have gone UNDER the total

You can tell already that New Orleans is going to have some problems getting anything going out of its bench. Yeah, I know they're trying to emulate the Manu Ginobili thing by having Peja Stojakovic (26 points vs. Boston) come off the pines, but the difference is that the Spurs don't suffer all that much in the starting lineup until he gets in there. Peja really belongs in the starting lineup for New Orleans, because I don't know how much they are really going to get out of two low-octane starters in Morris Peterson and Julius Wright.

Frankly, I'm not sure they are going to need more than seven players to go at it against the Knicks, who will be completely handcuffed if Chris Paul can exert some control over the tempo. In case you're not aware, the Knicks had a very clear game plan going into this season - get themselves ready for the free agency period that precedes NEXT season.