{"id":21616,"date":"2012-02-10T13:54:42","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T18:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21616"},"modified":"2012-02-10T13:54:42","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T18:54:42","slug":"nba-predictions-los-angeles-lakers-vs-new-york-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-los-angeles-lakers-vs-new-york-knicks-21616\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Los Angeles Lakers vs. New York Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks
\nFriday, 2\/10\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 186
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 184
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol has enjoyed playing inside Madison Square Garden in his career<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles has won nine straight games in its series with New York, but may have trouble coming off the high of picking up an 88-87 overtime win over the Boston Celtics last night as 3.5-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Lakers have now split the first four games of their current six-game road trip.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s always fun to beat Boston,\u201d stated Lakers All-Star center Andrew Bynum.\u00a0 Star guard Kobe Bryant is certainly the player to watch in this nationally-televised event, averaging 33.4 points in his last nine meetings with the Knicks.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 3-6 ATS when playing on back-to-back days this season.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are certainly hoping that power forward Pau Gasol continues his strong play, tallying 25 points and grabbing 14 rebounds versus the Celtics.\u00a0 He has a great chance of duplicating those numbers inside Madison Square Garden, averaging 26.8 points and 9.0 rebounds in his last four games inside the venue.\u00a0 Los Angeles has covered the last four meetings in the series, while the \u201cunder\u201d has gone 3-1 in that span.<\/p>\n

New York will continue to play without the services of Carmelo Anthony and Amar\u2019e Stoudemire, as the team looks to win its fourth consecutive game.\u00a0 The Knicks picked up an impressive 107-93 win over the Washington Wizards as 1.5-point road underdogs last time out, covering their sixth straight game.\u00a0 Much of the team\u2019s recent success has been centered around point guard Jeremy Lin, who has averaged 25.3 points and 8.3 assists in the last three games.\u00a0 New York is 5-7 ATS as a home underdog of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Knicks are an even 5-5 at home this season, including a losing 1-2 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 New York suffered a 99-82 loss as 4.5-point road underdogs in the first meeting this year, as it was led by forward Carmelo Anthony with 27 points.\u00a0 Center Tyson Chandler will need to provide a lift offensively, picking up his first double-double of the season in that affair, registering 13 points and grabbing 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Lakers due to their 9-4 ATS mark as a road favorite of 4.5 points or less, while the Knicks are 1-8 ATS versus Pacific division opponents.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks Friday, 2\/10\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 186 Current Total:\u00a0 184 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles has won nine straight games in its series with New York, but may have trouble coming off […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[49,6440,67,68,3902,115],"class_list":["post-21616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-jeremy-lin","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-new-york-knicks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21616","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=21616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21617,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21616\/revisions\/21617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}