{"id":27394,"date":"2013-01-20T10:56:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T15:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27394"},"modified":"2013-01-20T10:56:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T15:56:34","slug":"pro-basketball-betting-odds-and-picks-los-angeles-lakers-vs-toronto-raptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-betting-odds-and-picks-los-angeles-lakers-vs-toronto-raptors-27394\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Betting Odds and Picks: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Toronto Raptors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Toronto Raptors
\nSunday, 1\/20\/13, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TWSN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 205
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 202.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers SG Kobe Bryant hit the game winner in last year’s meeting with the Toronto Raptors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles had its two-game win streak snapped in a 99-90 defeat to the Miami Heat as three-point home favorites Thursday night, while the UNDER has cashed in five consecutive contests.\u00a0 \u201cI thought we played well enough to beat them,\u201d stated Lakers coach Mike D\u2019Antoni.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s a championship team.\u201d\u00a0 The Lakers are 2-7 in the month of January this year, while they\u2019ll try to avoid their first five-game road skid in six years at the Air Canada Centre.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 1-8 ATS off a upset loss as a favorite this year, with the OVER going 7-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Lakers have compiled a disappointing 5-12 overall record when playing away from the Staples Center, including an even 2-2 mark versus Eastern Conference teams.\u00a0 Los Angeles earned a 94-92 victory against Toronto as six-point road favorites in the only meeting last year, with star guard Kobe Bryant hitting a fadeaway jumper with 4.8 seconds remaining.\u00a0 When going north of the border, the franchise has tallied a 12-4 mark.<\/p>\n

Toronto has reached the midway point of the 2012-13 NBA season, as it aims to capture 15 wins through 41 games for the 10th time in franchise history.\u00a0 The Raptors are 3-3 when playing at home on Sundays this year.\u00a0 After putting together a two-game win streak, the team has dropped four consecutive games, with the last two coming in overtime.\u00a0 \u201cWhen you want to become an elite team, you don\u2019t have an ease mode,\u201d stated Raptors guard Kyle Lowry.\u00a0 Toronto is 4-0 ATS as a home underdog of 3.5 to 6 points this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Raptors enter this affair with a 0-20 record when opponents score 100 or more points against them, which could spell trouble in this matchup, as the Lakers are one of nine teams averaging over the century mark this season.\u00a0 Toronto is led by its backcourt on the offensive end, with Jose Calderon and DeMar DeRozan combining to average 28.3 points per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Lakers due to the road team being 7-3-1 ATS in the last 11 meetings in this series.<\/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 Toronto Raptors Sunday, 1\/20\/13, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TWSN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 205 Current Total:\u00a0 202.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles had its two-game win streak snapped in a 99-90 defeat to the Miami Heat as three-point home favorites […]<\/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":[4385,1339,4174,67,68,18,693],"class_list":["post-27394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-air-canada-centre","tag-demar-derozan","tag-jose-calderon","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-toronto-raptors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27394","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=27394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27395,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27394\/revisions\/27395"}],"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=27394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}