Brooklyn Nets versus Philadelphia 76ers Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 12-23-2012

  • 11 years ago
The 13-14 Philadelphia 76ers will travel to play the 13-12 Brooklyn Nets in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday afternoon. Tip off time from Brooklyn is scheduled for 3PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.

The current betting odds from this NBA game has the home team Brooklyn Nets favored by -6 points with an over under line of 186 ½ points. There has been no movement in the spread or total since the odds came out a few hours ago.

These two teams met four times last year with each team winning and covering twice in their road game.

Philadelphia was struggling big time as they returned home from their two game road trip losers of five straight games. The respond at home with a 99-80 home win against the Atlanta Hawks as a +2 point underdog. The game went under 188 points. The 76ers came in with a good defensive effort after allowing an average of 114 points a game in their past three games all resulting in losses. They held Atlanta to 39% shooting. Point guard Jrue Holiday returned to the lineup after missing the past four games with injury. Philadelphia is 4-7 away from home.

The Nets are just 8-6 on the year on their home court. They have struggled as well with three straight losses and eight losses over their past ten games. Brooklyn is having trouble scoring as they can’t get past 90 points over their past three games. Brooklyn is defeated by the Knicks on Wednesday 100-86 as a +6 point road underdog. The game went under 193 points. Other than Brook Lopez, Joe Johnson and Deron Williams the Nets aren’t getting much scoring from the rest of their roster.

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