76ers vs. Hornets Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under – December 16
Published 9:16 pm Sunday, December 15, 2024
The Philadelphia 76ers (7-16) are only 2.5-point favorites as they try to extend a three-game road winning streak when they square off against the Charlotte Hornets (7-18) on Monday, December 16, 2024 at Spectrum Center. The game airs at 7:00 PM ET on FDSSE and NBCS-PH.
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76ers vs. Hornets Game Info & Odds
- Date: Monday, December 16, 2024
- Time: 7:00 PM ET
- How to watch on TV: FDSSE and NBCS-PH
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- Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
- Venue: Spectrum Center
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76ers vs. Hornets Score Prediction
- Prediction:
Hornets 110 – 76ers 107
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Spread & Total Prediction for 76ers vs. Hornets
- Pick ATS: Hornets (+ 2.5)
- Computer Predicted Spread: Hornets (-2.8)
- Pick OU:
Over (213.5)
- Computer Predicted Total: 217.4
- The Hornets sport a 13-12-0 ATS record this season as opposed to the 9-14-0 mark from the 76ers.
- Charlotte covers the spread when it is a 2.5-point underdog or more 52.2% of the time. That’s more often than Philadelphia covers as a favorite of 2.5 or more (28.6%).
- Philadelphia and its opponents have gone over the over/under 47.8% of the time this season (11 out of 23). That’s more often than Charlotte and its opponents have (10 out of 25).
- As a moneyline favorite this year, the 76ers are 4-5, a better record than the Hornets have put up (6-18) as moneyline underdogs.
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76ers Performance Insights
- While the 76ers rank in the bottom five in the NBA in points per game with 105.3 (second-worst), they rank 10th in the league with 110.6 points given up per contest.
- Philadelphia is pulling down just 40.3 rebounds per game (third-worst in NBA), and it is allowing 43.9 rebounds per contest (15th-ranked).
- The 76ers haven’t put up many assists this season, ranking worst in the NBA with 21.6 assists per contest.
- Philadelphia ranks third-best in the NBA by forcing 16.1 turnovers per game. It ranks 12th in the league by committing 13.7 turnovers per contest.
- The 76ers have been coming up short when it comes to threes this season, ranking fifth-worst in the NBA in threes made per game (11.5) and fourth-worst in three-point percentage (32.3%).
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Hornets Performance Insights
- The Hornets are the third-worst team in the NBA in points scored (106.6 per game) and 14th in points allowed (112.4).
- On the boards, Charlotte is seventh in the NBA in rebounds (45.5 per game). It is eighth in rebounds allowed (42.8 per game).
- The Hornets are fourth-worst in the league in assists (23 per game) in 2024-25.
- In terms of turnovers, Charlotte is 21st in the NBA in committing them (15.2 per game). It is 19th in forcing them (13.7 per game).
- In 2024-25 the Hornets are third-best in the NBA in 3-point makes (15.4 per game), and they rank No. 16 in 3-point percentage (35.6%).
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