{"id":23045,"date":"2012-05-12T08:53:23","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T13:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=23045"},"modified":"2012-05-12T08:53:23","modified_gmt":"2012-05-12T13:53:23","slug":"nba-playoffs-2012-los-angeles-lakers-have-enjoyed-great-success-at-home-in-game-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-playoffs-2012-los-angeles-lakers-have-enjoyed-great-success-at-home-in-game-7-23045\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoffs 2012: Los Angeles Lakers Have Enjoyed Great Success at Home in Game 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Lakers
\nSaturday, 5\/12\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 198
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 195
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lakers<\/a>
The Los Angeles Lakers have won 10 consecutive Game 7s when playing at home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denver has pushed this series to the brink after winning two straight games, including a 113-96 victory as three-point home favorites on Thursday night.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m nervous already,\u201d commented Nuggets head coach George Karl.\u00a0 Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson didn\u2019t display any nerves in scoring a playoff career-high 32 points in Game 6, as the squad jumped out to a 10-point lead in the first quarter and never looked back.\u00a0 The franchise is looking to become only the ninth team in NBA history to rally back from a 3-1 deficit to win a playoff series.\u00a0 Denver is 10-2 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets have only played in two Game 7s in team history, producing a 1-1 mark in those contests.\u00a0 Denver has been getting after it on the defensive end recently, holding Los Angeles to under 100 points in each of the past four games.\u00a0 It\u2019s an impressive stretch considering the team had allowed 100-plus points in 22 of its previous 23 postseason games.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles didn\u2019t expect to be in this position after winning the first two games of the series at Staples Center, but the team can only hope to fall back on its 26-7 home record during the regular season.\u00a0 \u201cEverything that has happened in this series has to be behind us, whether it\u2019s good or bad,\u201d stated Lakers forward Pau Gasol.\u00a0 He was an absolute no show in scoring just three points on 1-of-10 shooting in Game 6.\u00a0 It\u2019s a puzzling situation due to already being a two-time champion since being acquired from the Memphis Grizzlies.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 0-6 ATS on Saturdays.<\/p>\n

The Lakers will be playing their 24th Game 7 in franchise history, posting a 15-8 mark in the previous 23 opportunities.\u00a0 Los Angeles is a remarkable 14-1 when playing at home in this situation, including wins in 10 straight.\u00a0 Kobe Bryant was remarkable in scoring 31 points last time out while dealing with stomach problems, but received little to no production from the rest of the roster.\u00a0 He can only hope that the return of Metta World Peace will jumpstart the club, as he returns after serving a seven-game suspension.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Nuggets due to their 38-15 ATS mark on the road, while the Lakers are 3-12 ATS as a home favorite.<\/p>\n

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Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Lakers Saturday, 5\/12\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 198 Current Total:\u00a0 195 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Denver has pushed this series to the brink after winning two straight games, including a 113-96 victory as three-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[526,1875,67,68,909,3624,216],"class_list":["post-23045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-game-7","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-pau-gasol","tag-staples-center","tag-ty-lawson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23045","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=23045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23046,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23045\/revisions\/23046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}