{"id":27728,"date":"2013-02-12T04:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27728"},"modified":"2013-02-12T04:00:29","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T09:00:29","slug":"nba-predictions-phoenix-suns-vs-los-angeles-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-phoenix-suns-vs-los-angeles-lakers-27728\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers
\nTuesday, 2\/12\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TWSN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -9.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 201.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 201.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers G Kobe Bryant has put up tremendous numbers against the Phoenix Suns at the Staples Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Phoenix has dropped five of its last six games, including an embarrassing 97-69 setback to the Oklahoma City Thunder as 8.5-point home favorites Sunday, while going UNDER the posted total of 205.\u00a0 \u201cIt is like having a bad day at work and nothing goes right for you,\u201d commented Suns interim coach Lindsey Hunter.\u00a0 The Suns are 5-22 overall on the road this season, including a 2-12 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Phoenix is 14-20 ATS as an underdog this year, which is important to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Suns aren\u2019t going to be one of the more popular NBA picks against the spread in this affair, considering the home team has won seven consecutive meetings in this series, including both this year.\u00a0 Phoenix is 4-7 since its Jan. 20 coaching change, but it\u2019s important to note that those 11 games have come against opponents with a combined record of 295-213.\u00a0 Point guard Goran Dragic leads a group of four probable starters that average in double figures, scoring 14.2 points and dishing off 6.3 assists per game.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles returns home after going 4-3 on its Grammy road trip, but suffered a 107-97 setback to the Miami Heat as nine-point underdogs Sunday, while going OVER the total for the second time in three contests.\u00a0 \u201cFor the most part, we played hard,\u201d commented Lakers guard Kobe Bryant.\u00a0 He is certainly capable of leading the offensive charge in this matchup, as he\u2019s averaged 39.3 points in his last four home games versus the Suns.\u00a0 The franchise is 15-10 overall at the Staples Center, including a 9-6 mark versus conference foes.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 2-0 SUATS as home favorites of 9.5 to 12 points this season.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are 20-7 all-time against the Suns at this particular venue, while the home team has covered the spread in the last six meetings in this series.\u00a0 Los Angeles demonstrated that it was tired from traveling over 6,500 miles in a span of 13 days, as it was out-rebounded by a 38-29 margin by Miami, who entered the affair as the league\u2019s worst team in terms of pounding the glass.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the OVER is 4-1 in the last five meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

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Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday, 2\/12\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TWSN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -9.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 201.5 Current Total:\u00a0 201.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Phoenix has dropped five of its last six games, including an embarrassing 97-69 setback to the Oklahoma City Thunder as […]<\/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":[67,68,18,577,3624,3693],"class_list":["post-27728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-staples-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27728","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=27728"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27730,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27728\/revisions\/27730"}],"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=27728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}