Take it from the man who just won the NBA's Sportsmanship Award, the Denver Nuggets' historic dismantling of the New Orleans Hornets left more than just the losers red-faced.

The New Orleans Hornets and the Denver Nuggets will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Pepsi Center in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series.

GAME: New Orleans Hornets (50-36) at Denver Nuggets (57-29)
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, April 29 - 10:30 PM EST
SPREAD: Denver -11 TOTAL: 198
Playoff Series: Conference Quarterfinals; Denver leads 3-1
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Oddsmakers currently have the Nuggets listed as 11-point favorites versus the Hornets, while the game's total is sitting at 198.

Carmelo Anthony had 26 points, seven assists, and six rebounds, as the Nuggets slammed the Hornets 121-63 to take a 3-1 lead in the series on Monday night.

Denver cashed as 3-point road underdogs as the game played under the 193-point total listed by sportsbooks.

Chauncey Billups went for 17 points and eight assists for the Nuggets, who got 14 points off the bench from Linas Kleiza in the blowout.

David West dropped 14 points for New Orleans, while reserve James Posey added 12 points and seven boards for the Hornets.
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Team records:
New Orleans: 49-33 SU, 35-45-2 ATS
Denver: 54-28 SU, 45-36-1 ATS

New Orleans most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 8-2
After playing Denver are 3-7
After a loss are 4-6

Denver most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 3-7
After playing New Orleans are 7-3
After a win are 7-3

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans's last 5 games when playing on the road against Denver
The total has gone UNDER in 16 of New Orleans's last 23 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans's last 6 games when playing Denver
New Orleans is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Denver is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New Orleans
Denver is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Denver is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
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