San Antonio Spurs vs. Charlotte Bobcats
Free Pick: Charlotte +2 (January 15th 2010 – Steve Merril)

Charlotte is playing with a ton of confidence right now. The Bobcats have won five of their last six games; all of those games have come in 2010 so the new decade has done wonders for this team. Their only setback was a 4-point loss at New York in which the Bobcats blew a late, fourth quarter lead. It took some time for this team to get comfortable with their new acquisitions of Boris Diaw and Stephen Jackson, but it appears all of the kinks have been worked out. “Everything is starting to come together,” point guard Raymond Felton said on Thursday.

The Bobcats catch the Spurs at a good time as they come into tonight off a pair of big wins over the Lakers and the Thunder. San Antonio may overlook the upstart Bobcats a bit because the Spurs won the first meeting by 19 points. But that would be a mistake as Charlotte has been one of the best home teams in the league this year with a 14-4 record.

But what keeps Charlotte from being a Best Bet selection is the low pointspread and San Antonio’s history of dominating the Bobcats. The Spurs have won 9 of the last 10 meetings, and they’ve been favored by 5 points or more in every one of those games. If this line was a couple of points higher, the Bobcats would have definitely been a stronger play for Friday night.

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