Spurs favoured to continue win streak, keep pace with Warriors

Spurs, winners in their last eight against Denver, return home on Saturday for a date with the Atlanta Hawks before wrapping up November with a visit to Chicago on Monday night.

Denver, meanwhile, kicks off a five-game road swing on Saturday when they take on the suddenly struggling Dallas Mavericks, before travelling to Milwaukee on Monday night.

Philadelphia 76ers @ Houston Rockets

While speculation heats up on the Warriors’ chances of matching the 1995/96 Chicago Bulls’ record-setting 72-win season, the Philadelphia 76ers continue their quiet march towards infamy, taking their 0-16 record into Houston on Friday, where they face the Rockets as 10.5-point underdogs.

The Sixers last recorded a win over eight months ago, and this week tied the NBA record of 26 straight losses, which they also equalled just two years ago.

Philly is also just two defeats short of equalling the all-time mark for most losses to start a season, set by the 2009 New Jersey Nets, but will have their best chance yet to halt the bleeding against a Rockets squad on the verge of freefall.

After winning 55 games last season, Houston has limped to a 5-10 SU start, posting a 1-7 SU record in their last eight.

Indeed, the Rockets are not just losing, they are losing big, going down to defeat by an average margin of over 10 points during their current slide, tumbling to 28th in the league in team defense, surrendering 106.8 points per game.

The Rockets have enjoyed recent success against Philly, winning their last three overall, and four straight at home, but have covered the spread just once in their last five against the Sixers.

In other NBA betting action at Coral on Friday night, the Bucks visit the Orlando Magic as 4.5-point underdogs, and the Hawks take on the Memphis Grizzlies as 3.5-point underdogs, while the Indiana Pacers are favoured by 3.5 against the Bulls.

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