{"id":28633,"date":"2013-04-24T14:53:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T19:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28633"},"modified":"2013-04-24T14:53:23","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T19:53:23","slug":"nba-playoffs-2013-los-angeles-lakers-vs-san-antonio-spurs-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-playoffs-2013-los-angeles-lakers-vs-san-antonio-spurs-game-2-28633\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoffs 2013: Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs, Game 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at San Antonio Spurs
\nWednesday, 4\/24\/13, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -9
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 187.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 188
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The San Antonio Spurs will try to jump out to a 2-0 series lead against the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles suffered a 91-79 setback to San Antonio as 8.5-point road underdogs in Game 1 of this best-of-seven series Sunday, while going UNDER the posted total of 190.5.\u00a0 The Lakers closed out the regular season with five wins in a row, as they continue to adjust without star guard Kobe Bryant being on the floor.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to make shots,\u201d commented Lakers center Dwight Howard.\u00a0 Offensively, the team\u2019s point total last time out was its third-lowest since the start of the season.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 2-4 ATS as road underdogs of 6.5 to 9 points, with the OVER going 5-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Lakers will need a big game out of Howard, as he finished with 20 points and 15 rebounds, while point guard Steve Nash contributed 16 of his own.\u00a0 Nash has been hobbled for most of the year with various injuries, with the most recent one being his right hamstring.\u00a0 The team went 16-25 overall on the road during the 2012-13 campaign, including a dismal 9-17 mark versus Western Conference foes.<\/p>\n

San Antonio closed the regular season with three consecutive losses, but was able to bounce back in the series opener, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread Wednesday night.\u00a0 The Spurs shot just 38 percent from the field, but attempted 12 more shots and turned the ball over just nine times against the Lakers.\u00a0 Since moving to the AT&T Center during the 2002-03 season, the team is 55-19 in postseason home games.\u00a0 San Antonio is 9-4-1 ATS as home favorites of 6.5 to 9 points, with the UNDER going 9-5 in those 14 opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Spurs used 13 different starters during the regular season, which was the most of any team in the NBA.\u00a0 San Antonio finished third in outscoring opponents by 6.4 points per game, which was caused by ranking in the top ten in both offensive and defensive efficiency.\u00a0 Forward Tim Duncan is the player to watch on the offensive end, as he leads all active players with 767 career double-doubles.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Lakers due to their 17-6 ATS record in their last 23 games following a double-digit loss, while the Spurs are 1-10 ATS following a SU win.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers at San Antonio Spurs Wednesday, 4\/24\/13, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -9 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 187.5 Current Total:\u00a0 188 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles suffered a 91-79 setback to San Antonio as 8.5-point road underdogs in Game 1 of this best-of-seven […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[67,68,83,141,3350,3693],"class_list":["post-28633","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-playoffs","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-tim-duncan","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28633","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=28633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28634,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28633\/revisions\/28634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}