{"id":26695,"date":"2012-12-16T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T16:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26695"},"modified":"2012-12-16T11:14:02","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T16:14:02","slug":"pro-basketball-predictions-los-angeles-lakers-vs-philadelphia-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-predictions-los-angeles-lakers-vs-philadelphia-76ers-26695\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Predictions: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Philadelphia 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Philadelphia 76ers
\nSunday, 12\/16\/12, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSP
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 198.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 195.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Philadelphia 76ers PG Jrue Holiday is a game-time decision against the Los Angeles Lakers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles snapped a four-game losing streak in picking up a 102-96 victory over the Washington Wizards as six-point road favorites on Friday, while going UNDER the total for the second time in three contests.\u00a0 \u201cEvery good offense is a rhythm, and our rhythm is offbeat right now,\u201d stated Lakers head coach Mike D\u2019Antoni.\u00a0 The Lakers continue to be led offensively by guard Kobe Bryant, who is leading the NBA in averaging 29.3 points per game.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 1-6 ATS versus Eastern Conference foes this year, with the UNDER going 5-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Lakers lost their lone meeting with the 76ers last season, which snapped a four-game win streak in the series.\u00a0 Bryant has played 29 games against his hometown team, averaging 22.8 points per game.\u00a0 Los Angeles is still without its top two points guards, with Chris Duhon filling in at the position, averaging 6.6 points and 6.0 assists.\u00a0 The franchise has gone 2-5 with him in the starting lineup.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia has failed to break the 90-point barrier in dropping its last two games, including a 95-85 setback to the Indiana Pacers as six-point road underdogs last time out.\u00a0 The 76ers played that game without star point guard Jrue Holiday, who is averaging a team-high 18.4 points and ranks third in the league with 8.9 assists.\u00a0 He\u2019s listed as a game-time decision in this non-conference affair.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 8-4 ATS at home when the total is between 195 and 199.5 points, with the UNDER going 7-5 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The 76ers are 8-6 at the Wells Fargo Center this year, including a 4-2 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Philadelphia hasn\u2019t scored 100-plus points in any of the past six meetings in this series, but it\u2019s important to note that Los Angeles has reached that mark just once in that span.\u00a0 Center Spencer Hawes will need to continue being aggressive on the offensive end, averaging 14.3 points and 7.0 rebounds in his last three games.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, with the UNDER going 41-18-1 in the Lakers last 60 games versus non-conference opponents.<\/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 Sunday, 12\/16\/12, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSP Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 198.5 Current Total:\u00a0 195.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles snapped a four-game losing streak in picking up a 102-96 victory over the Washington Wizards as six-point road […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3622,943,67,68,832,6293,3693],"class_list":["post-26695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-eastern-conference","tag-jrue-holiday","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-wells-fargo-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26695","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=26695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26696,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26695\/revisions\/26696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}