Philadelphia 76ers at Charlotte Hornets Pick

The Philadelphia 76ers (45-25) will take on the Charlotte Hornets (31-38) at the Spectrum Center an Eastern Conference collision on Tuesday, March 19th, 2019. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM and is set to be broadcast on FSN. The Sixers have dominated this series as of late as they have won the last nine meetings between the two teams. Most recently, Philly defeated Charlotte in the Queen City when the two teams last met in November by a score of 122-119. Though overtime was required to declare a winner, Philly staged an outright upset closing as a three-point underdog.

Philadelphia 76ers at Charlotte Hornets Overview

Philadelphia 76ers

The 76ers enter into this contest red-hot as they are presently riding a four-game winning streak. Over this span, Philadelphia has been equally impressive against the spread posting a record of 3-1 ATS. Most recently, the Sixers pulled off an impressive win on the road against the NBA’s top team, the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday where they staged a 130-125 upset of the Deer as a six-point pooch.

Charlotte Hornets

The Hornets step in off an ugly 93-75 loss at home on Sunday against the Miami Heat. Closing as a three-point underdog, Charlotte was nowhere close to covering. Charlotte is 1-3 SU in their last four matches.

Reasons To Avoid Philadelphia

Given the contrasting bodies of work between both sides, Philadelphia’s asking price seems too good to be true here, and the public has responded accordingly. The Sixers opened as a 1.5-point underdog but thanks to the consensus bettors scoffing up the points, the market diminished to its current state as a pick-em. We have seen 75% of the public lean on the points from the get-go which could mean only thing: the Sixers are extremely overvalued.

Reasons To Back Charlotte

The Hornets own an edge in the turnover department and boast a bench that scores 42.6 points per game. Bench play gives Charlotte a huge advantage as they score 10.9 more points per match compared their opponents whose bench averages 31.7 points per game. Given the fact that this game is a toss-up on paper, this alone sets up the Hornets to potentially win big. It is also worth annotating that the Hornets are a different team at home as they outscore opponents by 3.9 points on average compared to Philadelphia who loses by an average of 2.1 points when outside the City of Brother Love. This alone creates a six-point swing in Charlotte’s favor.