{"id":12488,"date":"2011-01-14T20:17:15","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T01:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=12488"},"modified":"2011-01-14T20:17:15","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T01:17:15","slug":"blowout-at-the-staples-center-new-jersey-vs-l-a-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/blowout-at-the-staples-center-new-jersey-vs-l-a-lakers-12488\/","title":{"rendered":"Blowout at the Staples Center? – New Jersey vs L.A. Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Jersey Nets AT Los Angeles Lakers
\nJan 14, 2011 at 10:30 PM EST
\nOpening Line: L.A. -14
\nCurrent Line: L.A. -13.5
\nOpening Total: 191.5
\nCurrent Total: 192
\nOpening Moneyline: L.A. -1600 \/ N.J. +1000
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 L.A. -1800\u00a0 \/ N.J. +1050<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Brook Lopez has had a stretch of five disgusting performances<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All teams have their rough stretches, and for the most part, it looks like the Lakers are done with theirs.\u00a0 They have come around to win six straight and seek their seventh tonight against the underdog New Jersey Nets.\u00a0 NBA Oddsmakers have not set the line close at all tonight, and given the recent play of New Jersey’s best player Brook Lopez, it is easy to see why the Nets are such underdogs.<\/p>\n

While the Lakers have been winning, they are certainly not content with their play.\u00a0 \u201cI think we are still a work in progress of getting better as a team, and especially defensively, which is always a key factor,\u201d forward Pau Gasol told the Lakers\u2019 official website.<\/p>\n

Last game between the teams, the Nets covered the spread, losing by only 7.\u00a0 Kobe had a typical Kobe game, scoring 32, but 25 of those 32 were in the second half.\u00a0 \u201cHe always has that look. Nine times out of 10 he\u2019s successful,\u201d teammate Ron Arest said in reference to Bryant, \u201cActually, it\u2019s like 9.5 times out of 10 he\u2019s successful.”<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

The total has gone OVER in 7 of New Jersey’s last 10 games and they are 1-8 SU in their last 9 games.\u00a0 They are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 and 0-5 SU in their last 5 road gamse.\u00a0 They are 2-11 ATS in their last 13 road games and they are 0-5 SU in their last 5 against the Lakers.\u00a0 They are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 against L.A. an dthe total has gone UNDER in 4 of their last 6 against the Lakers.\u00a0 New Jersey is 5-12 SU in their last 17 road games in L.A.<\/p>\n

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the Lakers’ past 7 games.\u00a0 The Lakers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games and they are 4-8 ATS in their last 12 games.\u00a0 The Lakers are 3-6 ATS in their last 9 home games and the total has gone UNDER in 4 of their last 5 home games.\u00a0 They are 5-1 SU in their last 6 at home and the total has gone UNDER In 4 of their last 6 against the Nets.
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\nKey Matchup:<\/p>\n

Brook Lopez vs. Pau Gasol<\/strong><\/p>\n

This matchup represents two of the best centers in the league, but only one is playing like it.\u00a0 Last prop bet, I went with the ‘under’ on Lopez, and he once again went under.\u00a0 He has averaged under 10 points per game and roughly 3 boards for the last 4 games and is not looking like an All star or cornerstone to a franchise as he was once considered to be.\u00a0 Perhaps worst of all is his rebounding.\u00a0 Last year he had a respectable 7+ rebounds per game but this year is under 6.\u00a0 It’s just not acceptable from a player with his size and stature.\u00a0 Pau Gasol certainly won’t represent an easy task for him either.\u00a0 Gasol is having another great year and is considered by most to be the most offensively talented center in the league.\u00a0 His variety of moves and inside-outside game renders him a tough cover for most big men.<\/p>\n

Any chance the Nets have lies in Lopez playing like the player we thought he was.\u00a0 They are huge underdogs in tonight’s game and Devin Harris will have to take advantage of Steve Blake and Derek Fisher, as he is a better player than both by a wide margin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Jersey Nets AT Los Angeles Lakers Jan 14, 2011 at 10:30 PM EST Opening Line: L.A. -14 Current Line: L.A. -13.5 Opening Total: 191.5 Current Total: 192 Opening Moneyline: L.A. -1600 \/ N.J. +1000 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 L.A. -1800\u00a0 \/ N.J. +1050 All teams have their rough stretches, and for the most part, it looks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":4379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3177,67,68,1223,909],"class_list":["post-12488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-brook-lopez","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-new-jersey-nets","tag-pau-gasol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12489,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12488\/revisions\/12489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}