Charlotte vs San Antonio Prediction: the Spurs Will Take Advantage of the Hornets' Troubles

Prediction for the NBA match between Charlotte vs San Antonio, which will take place on February 8th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the teams' conditions! Several betting options are available.

Charlotte

The Hornets swapped two of their best big players before the trade deadline. Nick Richards is now with the Phoenix Suns and Mark Williams has joined the Los Angeles Lakers. In return, the Suns got Josh Okogie, while the Lakers got Dalton Knecht and Cam Reddish. So, the team from North Carolina has a good set of players on the back line, but no one to play up top.

On top of that, the team is now missing their main point guard Lamelo Ball due to injury, and as a result, Charles Lee's team is scoring few points and has lost six games in a row. In their most recent game, the Hornets fell short at home against Milwaukee, 102:112.

San Antonio

The Spurs have also been involved in a high-profile trade. De'Aaron Fox has moved to San Antonio as part of a three-way deal. The Spurs have been saying goodbye to some of their players, like Zach Collins and Tre Jones, so it looks like they're making their team stronger. In their last game, San Antonio played Atlanta away and got a hard-earned victory - 126:125. Fox had 24 points and 13 assists, and Victor Wembanyama also scored 24 points. The Spurs aren't out of the play-in race yet and are now in 12th place in the Western Conference with a 22-26 record.

H2H Meetings

Charlotte has three wins in four games against San Antonio in its previous two championship games.

Stats Betting

• In six out of seven previous face-to-face meetings of rivals, Charlotte won.
• In 6 of the last 8 matches, Charlotte didn't get over the 106-point mark.
• San Antonio has not scored more than 118 points in 7 of the last 10 games.
• In 7 out of 8 previous meetings, Charlotte didn't reach the total of 225 points.

Expert Betting Tips

Charlotte has played well against San Antonio in recent seasons, but now the teams have different objectives. 'The Hornets will be playing for the championship, counting on the best pick in the draft, while the Spurs will surely be striving to be in the top-10 of the Western Conference at the end of the championship. We're betting on the more motivated visitors, and also on TO - the Hornets don't have any classic centres at the moment, and Victor Wembanyama will do whatever he wants in this game.

Our picks: 

TO (227.5) for 1.71

IT2O (119.5) for 1.89 

H2 (-10.5) for 1.91