{"id":26626,"date":"2012-12-12T21:49:51","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T02:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26626"},"modified":"2012-12-12T21:49:51","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T02:49:51","slug":"nba-picks-against-the-spread-los-angeles-lakers-vs-new-york-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-against-the-spread-los-angeles-lakers-vs-new-york-knicks-26626\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks Against the Spread: Los Angeles Lakers vs. New York Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks
\nThursday, 12\/13\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 207.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 209
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lakers<\/a>
The Los Angeles Lakers have lost five of their last six games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles has lost five of its last six games, including a 100-94 setback to the Cleveland Cavaliers as 6.5-point road favorites on Tuesday night, while going UNDER the total for the first time in three contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to stay focused and stay strong,\u201d stated Lakers center Dwight Howard.\u00a0 \u201cWe can\u2019t let this break who we are as a team.\u201d\u00a0 The Lakers are 1-5 in the month of December and have lost seven of their nine road games.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 2-5 ATS as a road underdog of 6.5 to 9 points over the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 5-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Lakers split their two games with the Knicks last season after sweeping the previous four season series, which could give them some value when making your NBA picks against the spread on Thursday night.\u00a0 Los Angeles continues to be led offensively by guard Kobe Bryant, who finished with 42 points against the Cavaliers, while center Dwight Howard pulled down 20 rebounds.<\/p>\n

New York has won seven of its last eight games, including a 100-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets as 3.5-point road favorites last time out, while going OVER the total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 The Knicks have scored over the century mark in all seven of those victories in that span.\u00a0 Forward Carmelo Anthony has been the star of the show, scoring 79 combined points in two games since returning to the floor from a lacerated finger.\u00a0 New York is 7-1 ATS at home this season, which is important to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Knicks will focus on shutting down Bryant in hopes of remaining perfect at Madison Square Garden this season, as he averaged 31.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in two meetings last year.\u00a0 New York center Tyson Chandler averaged a double-double in last year\u2019s series, while Anthony put up 27 points in playing just a single game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, with the UNDER going 2-0 in the Knicks\u2019 two games as a home favorite of 6.5 to 9 points this season.<\/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 New York Knicks Thursday, 12\/13\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 207.5 Current Total:\u00a0 209 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles has lost five of its last six games, including a 100-94 setback to the Cleveland Cavaliers as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[49,67,68,3902,115,699],"class_list":["post-26626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-tyson-chandler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26626","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=26626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26627,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26626\/revisions\/26627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}