San Antonio Spurs vs. Phoenix Suns Betting Odds, Analysis
The San Antonio Spurs (36-6) will look to extend their season-high 11-game winning streak when they visit the struggling Phoenix Suns (13-30) on Thursday night.
The Spurs are massive 14.5-point road favorites at Phoenix at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark and have gone 8-3 against the spread during their impressive run as the only team in the league without a loss so far in 2016.
San Antonio has suffered all six of its losses this season away from home, and only three games during the team’s winning streak came on the road.
The Spurs are coming off a 112-83 rout of the Dallas Mavericks as 12.5-point favorites on Sunday at home, where they are a perfect 24-0 and have won 33 straight during the regular season dating back to last year.
They did lose point guard Tony Parker to a sore hip in the third quarter against the Mavs, and he is expected to sit out here to recover from the injury, per Michael C. Wright of ESPN.com.
Meanwhile, the Suns have headed in the opposite direction, losing five in a row along with 14 of their last 15. Their lone victory since December 18 came at home nearly three weeks later on January 6, a 111-102 upset of the Charlotte Hornets as two-point underdogs.
They did manage to beat the spread in their last game against the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday, falling 97-94 but covering as 5.5-point home dogs. Phoenix has played much better at home this year, going 9-12 SU and 10-11 ATS.
San Antonio has won the past five meetings with the Suns straight up, going 3-1-1 ATS in those games, according to the Odds Shark NBA Database.
Two of them took place in late 2015 and were decided by a combined 47 points. However, both were played on the home court of the Spurs, who won 101-74 at Phoenix as two-point road underdogs in the most recent meeting there last February 28.
The past six meetings have also all gone under the total. In addition, the under is 4-1 in the last five matchups between the teams at Talking Stick Resort Arena, and it has cashed in the last two games for each team overall.
