{"id":26873,"date":"2012-12-25T08:41:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T13:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26873"},"modified":"2012-12-25T08:41:48","modified_gmt":"2012-12-25T13:41:48","slug":"nba-betting-picks-new-york-knicks-vs-los-angeles-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-picks-new-york-knicks-vs-los-angeles-lakers-26873\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Picks: New York Knicks vs. Los Angeles Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks at Los Angeles Lakers
\nTuesday, 12\/25\/12, 3:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 214.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 212.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lakers<\/a>
The Los Angeles Lakers are 4-9 SU in their last 13 games on Christmas Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, as it comes off a 94-91 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves as eight-point home favorites, while going UNDER the total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 \u201cThis was a big game for us,\u201d stated Knicks center Tyson Chandler.\u00a0 \u201cThese are the kind of games that you lose.\u201d\u00a0 Forward Carmelo Anthony is playing tremendous basketball right now, averaging a team-high 28.3 points per game.\u00a0 New York is 16-5 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n

The Knicks are 8-5 overall on the road, including an even 3-3 mark versus Western Conference foes.\u00a0 New York tallied a 116-107 win over Los Angeles as 5.5-point home favorites in the first meeting this year, while going OVER the posted total of 206.\u00a0 Anthony scored 30 points on 10-of-15 shooting in that affair.\u00a0 The franchise is 3-10 all-time when playing at the Staples Center, something to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has won four games in a row, including a 118-115 overtime victory over the Golden State Warriors as 1.5-point road favorites Saturday, as it welcomed back starting point guard Steve Nash to the floor.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s great to be back playing with these guys, it was very painful to sit out,\u201d stated Nash.\u00a0 He scored 12 points and dished out nine assists after missing nearly two months with a leg injury.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 10-11 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Lakers will be playing their 14th straight game on this particular holiday, as they look to improve upon their disappointing 4-9 record during that span.\u00a0 Los Angeles will be led offensively by shooting guard Kobe Bryant, who is averaging an NBA-high 29.7 points per game, while sitting second all-time in Christmas Day points with 349.\u00a0 He stands just 29 points away from moving past Oscar Robertson as the league\u2019s leading scorer on this day of the calendar year.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Lakers due to the favorite being 5-1 ATS in the last six meetings, while the Knicks are 2-6 ATS on the road.<\/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":"

New York Knicks at Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday, 12\/25\/12, 3:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 214.5 Current Total:\u00a0 212.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New York has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, as it comes off a 94-91 victory […]<\/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":[49,6234,67,68,18,115,3624],"class_list":["post-26873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-christmas-day","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-staples-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26873","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=26873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26874,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26873\/revisions\/26874"}],"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=26873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}