{"id":27193,"date":"2013-01-09T18:05:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T23:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27193"},"modified":"2013-01-09T18:05:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T23:05:42","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-los-angeles-lakers-vs-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-los-angeles-lakers-vs-san-antonio-spurs-27193\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at San Antonio Spurs
\nWednesday, 1\/9\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -13
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -13.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 212
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 215.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Lakers are 0-8 SU and 1-7 ATS as underdogs this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles has lost four games in a row by allowing at least 103 points in each contest, including a 125-112 setback to the Houston Rockets as eight-point road underdogs last night, while going OVER the total in three consecutive contests.\u00a0 \u201cI thought we had the better team,\u201d commented Lakers forward Metta World Peace.\u00a0 The Lakers are now 0-4 straight up and against the spread in the month of January, while dropping to 5-11 away from Southern California.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 1-7 ATS as an underdog this year, with the OVER going 7-1 in those affairs.<\/p>\n

The Lakers suffered an 84-82 setback as one-point home underdogs in their first meeting with the Spurs this year on Nov. 13, while going UNDER the posted total of 196.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 21-28 (.428) in regular season games against San Antonio when shooting guard Kobe Bryant is in the starting lineup, as he\u2019s averaged 24.3 points per game in this series during his career.\u00a0 The franchise hasn\u2019t lost five consecutive games since April 3-10, 2011.<\/p>\n

San Antonio has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it attempts to bounce back from a 95-88 setback to the New Orleans Hornets as eight-point road favorites, while going UNDER the total for a third-straight game.\u00a0 \u201cThey did a great job at both ends of the court,\u201d stated Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.\u00a0 \u201cThey just whipped us.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 The Spurs are 14-2 at the AT&T Center, including a 9-1 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 San Antonio is 13-4 ATS when playing a team with a losing record, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your pro basketball picks Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The Spurs own a 45-29 advantage in games against the Lakers when playing in the Alamo City, while they own the league\u2019s best home winning percentage.\u00a0 San Antonio has five players averaging 10-or-more points this season, as it ranks third in the league in scoring 104.9 points per game.\u00a0 The franchise is currently on a season-high 10-game home winning streak, something to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Spurs due to the favorite being 4-1 ATS in the last five meetings, while the Lakers are 1-6-1 ATS following a straight-up loss.<\/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 San Antonio Spurs Wednesday, 1\/9\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -13 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -13.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 212 Current Total:\u00a0 215.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles has lost four games in a row by allowing at least 103 points in each contest, including […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[4195,67,68,18,141,3693],"class_list":["post-27193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-att-center","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27193","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=27193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27194,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27193\/revisions\/27194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}