{"id":27575,"date":"2013-02-01T15:39:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T20:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27575"},"modified":"2013-02-01T15:39:24","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T20:39:24","slug":"nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-los-angeles-lakers-vs-minnesota-timberwolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-los-angeles-lakers-vs-minnesota-timberwolves-27575\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Odds and Predictions: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Minnesota Timberwolves
\nFriday, 2\/1\/13, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 198
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 197
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers C Pau Gasol will get the start Friday night with Dwight Howard out of the lineup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles had its three-game win streak snapped in a disappointing 92-86 defeat to the Phoenix Suns as three-point road favorites Wednesday night, while going UNDER the posted total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 \u201cBig setback for us,\u201d stated Lakers point guard Steve Nash.\u00a0 \u201cWe were in control of the team and couldn\u2019t close it out.\u201d\u00a0 The Lakers are 5-16 overall on the road, including a 2-4 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 1-10 ATS off an upset loss as a favorite this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread Friday night.<\/p>\n

The Lakers will be playing tonight without the services of center Dwight Howard, who aggravated a shoulder injury, which has had an impact when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 Los Angeles has won nine of its last 10 trips to Minnesota, including nine consecutive victories at the Target Center.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks sixth in the league in averaging 102.2 points per game, while its opponent is 13th in surrendering 96.8.<\/p>\n

Minnesota has lost five games in a row, including a 96-90 setback to the Los Angeles Clippers as 4.5-point home underdogs last time out, while going UNDER the total for the first time in three contests.\u00a0 \u201cTeams are playing aggressive,\u201d stated Timberwolves guard Ricky Rubio.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to try to push them.\u201d\u00a0 The Timberwolves will have a hard time accomplishing that against the Lakers, as they\u2019ve lost 19 consecutive games in this series, which is the longest such streak of its kind of one team over another.\u00a0 Minnesota is 1-2 ATS as a home underdog of three points or less this season, with the OVER going 2-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Timberwolves will definitely need to try and score at least 90 points in this affair, as they\u2019ve lost all 10 games this season when failing to hit that mark.\u00a0 Minnesota has allowed opponents to shoot 51 percent during its current losing streak, which has led to allowing 101.4 points per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Lakers due to their 5-2 ATS mark in the last seven meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers at Minnesota Timberwolves Friday, 2\/1\/13, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 198 Current Total:\u00a0 197 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles had its three-game win streak snapped in a disappointing 92-86 defeat to the Phoenix Suns as three-point road […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[833,68,677,18,945,7318],"class_list":["post-27575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-dwight-howard","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-nba","tag-ricky-rubio","tag-target-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27575","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=27575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27576,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27575\/revisions\/27576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}