{"id":27537,"date":"2013-01-29T10:50:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T15:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27537"},"modified":"2013-01-29T10:50:01","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T15:50:01","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-new-orleans-hornets-vs-los-angeles-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-new-orleans-hornets-vs-los-angeles-lakers-27537\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: New Orleans Hornets vs. Los Angeles Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Orleans Hornets at Los Angeles Lakers
\nTuesday, 1\/29\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 195.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 194.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Lakers have won back-to-back games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Orleans snapped a two-game losing streak in picking up a 91-83 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies as 7.5-point road underdogs Sunday, while going UNDER the total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Hornets were given a lift by Ryan Anderson\u2019s 22 points off the bench in that affair, as he managed to knock down seven 3-point shots.\u00a0 \u201cHe was huge for us,\u201d stated Hornets guard Greivis Vasquez.\u00a0 New Orleans is 6-2 ATS as a road underdog of 6.5 to 9 points this season, with the OVER going 5-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Hornets deserve a long look when looking over the pro basketball odds page, considering they\u2019ve compiled a 21-15 ATS mark as underdogs this year.\u00a0 New Orleans is 8-14 overall on the road, including a 3-10 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the franchise has dropped 36 of its last 37 games when allowing 100-plus points, which is likely going to happen at the Staples Center Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has won back-to-back games since dropping four in a row, including a 105-96 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder as three-point home underdogs, while going UNDER the total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve found something that works,\u201d commented Lakers backup center Pau Gasol.\u00a0 \u201cI think the way we are playing, we can be very successful.\u201d\u00a0 The Lakers are 14-10 overall at home this season, but are still just 4-10 in the month of January.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 5-8 ATS off an upset win as an underdog the last two-plus seasons, something to consider when making your pro basketball picks.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are 9-1 in their last 10 games against the Hornets, which includes wins in the last eight meetings.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 15-4 all-time against New Orleans when playing at this particular venue during the regular season.\u00a0 In 43 games (39 starts) versus tonight\u2019s opponent, shooting guard Kobe Bryant has averaged 25.5 points per game, while he ranks third in the NBA in scoring at 28.7 during the 2012-13 campaign.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Lakers due to their 4-1 ATS mark in their last five home games, while the Hornets are 5-8 ATS when revenging a home loss versus an opponent.<\/p>\n

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New Orleans Hornets at Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday, 1\/29\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 195.5 Current Total:\u00a0 194.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New Orleans snapped a two-game losing streak in picking up a 91-83 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies as 7.5-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[67,68,836,909,3624,3693],"class_list":["post-27537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-new-orleans-hornets","tag-pau-gasol","tag-staples-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27537","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=27537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27538,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27537\/revisions\/27538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}