The defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs are back in their series against the New Orleans Hornets after winning Game 3 and will now try and even things up in Game 4 on Sunday. Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili scored 31 points each and Tim Duncan had 16 points and 13 rebounds in the Spurs 110-99 win on Thursday. “We know that going 3-0 - it’s never been done to come back like that,” said Ginobili, “Today, for us, it was a Game 7. We knew if we didn’t win today, it was almost over. So we had a different approach. We played with more passion, more edge.”   The Spurs will now try and take the next step and even the series.

SBGGlobal.com reports that early NBA betting has the public taking Spurs at Home.

Chris Paul had 35 point and nine assists while David West had 23 points and 12 rebounds in Game 3 for the Hornets.  New Orleans had their chance in the fourth quarter but missed wide open shots and the Spurs pulled away. “You got to give them a lot of credit,” Hornets coach Byron Scott said, “I thought they played a lot more aggressive tonight. A lot more physical. Basically kind of took us right out of our game. I thought we lost our composure tonight a little bit as well.” The Spurs didn’t contain Paul but they did hold Stojakovic to only eight points. “Chris is going to score regardless. He’s got the ball in his hands every single time. Every single play it’s Chris Paul,” said Parker, “He’s going to score. So we decided to put Bruce (Bowen) on Peja and at least hold somebody down because Peja was killing us.”

Current Odds: Spurs  - 5.5, Total  186

Here are the NBA betting stats for Sunday’s game. The Hornets are 43-21-1 ATS in their last 65 games overall. The Hornets are 21-11 ATS in their last 32 games as an underdog.

The Spurs are 15-3-2 ATS in their last 20 playoff games as a favorite. The Spurs are 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 games as a home favorite. The home team is 5-0 ATS in the last 5 meetings between the two teams and the favorite is 10-4 ATS in the last 14 meetings.

The Over is 8-1-1 in the Hornets last 10 Conference Semifinals games. The Under is 4-2 in the Hornets last 6 road games. The Over is 8-3 in the Hornets last 11 games as a road underdog.

The Over is 5-1 in the Spurs last 6 games as a favorite. The Over is 8-2-1 in the Spurs last 11 overall. The Over is 13-5-1 in the Spurs last 19 Conference Semifinals games. The Over is 8-3 in the last 11 meetings in San Antonio between the two teams.