{"id":27042,"date":"2013-01-01T13:58:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T18:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27042"},"modified":"2013-01-01T13:58:03","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T18:58:03","slug":"nba-picks-against-the-spread-philadelphia-76ers-vs-los-angeles-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-against-the-spread-philadelphia-76ers-vs-los-angeles-lakers-27042\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks Against the Spread: Philadelphia 76ers vs. Los Angeles Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia 76ers at Los Angeles Lakers<\/strong>
\n Tuesday, 1\/1\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TWSN<\/strong>
\n Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -10<\/strong>
\n Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -8.5<\/strong>
\n Opening Total:\u00a0 202.5<\/strong>
\n Current Total:\u00a0 201.5<\/strong>
\n Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lakers<\/a>
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant put up tremendous numbers in the month of December<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philadelphia is set to play the fifth game of a season-high eight-game road trip, as it comes off an 89-85 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers as three-point underdogs last Saturday.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to have a game where we\u2019re the team that jumps on early and survives a couple runs,\u201d stated Sixers center Spencer Hawes.\u00a0 The squad is 5-10 away from home this year, including a 2-4 mark versus Western Conference foes.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 2-4 ATS as an underdog of 6.5 to 9 points, with the OVER going 4-2 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The 76ers aren\u2019t going to be one of the more popular NBA picks agains the spread Tuesday night, considering they\u2019ve lost eight of their last 10 meetings with the Lakers.\u00a0 Philadelphia dropped a 111-98 decision as three-point home underdogs on Dec. 16, while going OVER the posted total of 196.5.\u00a0 The franchise has compiled a disappointing 4-11 record over its last 15 games, averaging 92.9 points and giving up 97.6 in that span.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has won six of its last seven games, including a convincing 104-87 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers as nine-point home favorites, while going UNDER the posted total of 205.5.\u00a0 The Lakers are starting to come together offensively, averaging 107.1 points per game over that stretch, with point guard Steve Nash being involved in the last four.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re obviously still a new team,\u201d commented Nash.\u00a0 The team finished the month of December with an even 7-7 record, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro basketball odds page on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are 10-2 all-time when playing the 76ers at Staples Center, while guard Kobe Bryant has averaged 23.2 points per game in 30 career games in the series.\u00a0 He finished last month with averages of 33.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists over 14 games played.\u00a0 Center Dwight Howard is also picking up his production, recording five double-doubles in his last seven games.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the OVER is 14-3-1 in the Lakers last 18 games when playing on three or more days rest, while the 76ers have climbed above the number in nine of their last 11 games versus non-conference foes.<\/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":"

Philadelphia 76ers at Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday, 1\/1\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TWSN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -8.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 202.5 Current Total:\u00a0 201.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Philadelphia is set to play the fifth game of a season-high eight-game road trip, as it comes off an 89-85 […]<\/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":[67,68,832,3624,576,3693],"class_list":["post-27042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-staples-center","tag-steve-nash","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27042","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=27042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27043,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27042\/revisions\/27043"}],"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=27042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}