NBA Playoffs Betting April 29th 2009: Hornets vs. Nuggets Odds and Picks

New Orleans Hornets vs. Denver Nuggets
Free Playoff Betting Pick: Denver Nuggets -10.5 (-110)
Wed April 29 2009 10:35p - NBA Playoffs Odds
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The Hornets appear to be a squad dead in the water and ready for the offseason. New Orleans has been taken out to the woodshed in three of the four games played so far in this series.

Hornets G Chris Paul is their only chance to win tonight and possibly move on to round two. Paul has averaged 17.8 PPG which is five below his regular season average of 22.8 PPG. The Hornets are 1-3 ATS in the series and they weren't even close to covering the spreads in the three losses. New Orleans lost Games 1 and 2 in Denver by an average score of 111-88.

The Nuggets are in cake walk mode after another spanking of the Hornets in Game 4. The only setback Denver has suffered in this series was a narrow 95-93 loss in Game 3 at New Orleans.

Denver G Chauncey Billups has been the difference maker since joining the Nuggets in a blockbuster trade which involved Allen Iverson going to the Detroit Pistons. Billups has averaged 25 PPG, 6.5 APG, and 3.8 RPG in this series and has shown no signs of slowing down at the ripe age of 32.

There really aren't anymore stats or ATS figures needed to predict that the Nuggets are going to dominate this contest. People say 10.5-points are a lot to cover and they're right, but not tonight. Expect to see Mr. Big Shot take Denver into the second round in a rout of the hapless Hornets.