{"id":21546,"date":"2012-02-06T12:35:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T17:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21546"},"modified":"2012-02-06T12:35:12","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T17:35:12","slug":"nba-predictions-los-angeles-lakers-vs-philadelphia-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-los-angeles-lakers-vs-philadelphia-76ers-21546\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Philadelphia 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Philadelphia 76ers
\nMonday, 2\/6\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSP
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 177
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 178
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers are just 3-8 SU away from the Staples Center this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles has split its first two games of a six-game road trip and comes off a 96-87 loss to the Utah Jazz as 2.5-point underdogs on Saturday.\u00a0 The Lakers are just 3-8 on the road and star guard Kobe Bryant knows his team can do better.\u00a0 \u201cWe just have to be patient, just be calm,\u201d he stated after the latest loss.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve been in this situation before.\u201d\u00a0 The franchise has won four consecutive games in this series, including a 93-81 victory as 5.5-point road favorites on Dec. 17, 2010.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 11-13 ATS on the season and the \u201cunder\u201d is 15-9 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Lakers have tallied a 3-5 mark versus the Eastern Conference this season, but has dropped all three road games in that situation.\u00a0 Los Angeles is still being led by Bryant offensively, coming off a team-high 26 points, while leading the league in scoring 29.4 points per game.\u00a0 Center Andrew Bynum has really upped his performance so far this season, coming off a 21-point and 12-rebound performance against the Jazz.\u00a0 He is averaging a double-double in scoring 17.0 points and 12.0 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia bounced back after a humiliating loss against the Miami Heat by capturing a 98-87 victory over the Atlanta Hawks as three-point road underdogs last time out.\u00a0 The 76ers have gone \u201cover\u201d the total in two of the last three contests, which directly followed a string of falling short of the number in five consecutive games.\u00a0 The team was extremely balanced versus the Hawks, as six players reached double-digit points.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s what you\u2019ve got to have,\u201d stated Sixers center Spencer Hawes.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 6-16 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The 76ers are 4-3 versus Western Conference opponents this year, including an even 1-1 mark when playing inside the Wells Fargo Center.\u00a0 Philadelphia has lost four straight in this series when playing at home.\u00a0 In the two meetings with the Lakers during the 2010-11 season, the Sixers averaged 89.5 points on 42.1 percent shooting.\u00a0 The franchise leads the NBA in point differential in outscoring opponents by 10.3 points per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Lakers due to their 4-0 ATS mark in Philadelphia, while the 76ers are 2-5 ATS following a straight-up win.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Philadelphia 76ers Monday, 2\/6\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSP Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 177 Current Total:\u00a0 178 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles has split its first two games of a six-game road trip and comes off a 96-87 loss to the Utah […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[795,3622,67,68,832,6293,6431],"class_list":["post-21546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-andrew-bynum","tag-eastern-conference","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-wells-fargo-center","tag-western-conference-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21546","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21546"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21548,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21546\/revisions\/21548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}