NBA Tuesday, 02/28/2012

YTD:  0-0

5:05PM PST New Orleans @ Chicago

Sports Investment:  ROT#709 New Orleans +13.5, -109

The Bulls open the 2nd half of their season with a 1 game home stint versus the Hornets before they take to the road for a 3 game road trip in San Antonio, Cleveland and Philadelphia.  Chicago is tough at home, especially if they reach 100 points, posting a 13-0 record this season but New Orleans has the ability to keep them below the century mark tonight as they are allowing 93.2ppg and a opponents shooting percentage of 43.8% on the road.

The Hornets have played well recently winning 4 of their last 6 games.  During that 6 game stretch, 5 of those contests were on the road in which they were victorious at Milwaukee, at New York and at Cleveland.  In their 2 road losses they were defeated at Oklahoma City by 8 and at Indiana by 9 points respectively.   

New Orleans may have less than a respectable overall record but rest assured they will come out and play hard.  "We might have a losing record, but there's not going to be one night that we're not going to come out here on any court and (not) play hard," said Hornets guard Greivis Vasquez.  "We play hard".