{"id":31770,"date":"2013-12-13T13:07:49","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T18:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31770"},"modified":"2013-12-13T13:07:49","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T18:07:49","slug":"nba-picks-los-angeles-lakers-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-los-angeles-lakers-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder-31770\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
\nFriday, 12\/13\/13, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -10.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -13
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 209
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 209.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Lakers have dropped both of their games since the return of Kobe Bryant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles has dropped both of its games since the return of superstar Kobe Bryant, including a 114-108 setback to the Phoenix Suns as three-point home favorites Tuesday, while going OVER the betting total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 The Lakers have some major injury concerns heading into this affair, which will lead to Bryant spending a good portion of his time at the point guard position\u2014something to consider when making your NBA predictions Friday night.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 0-2 SUATS when playing on the road with a total of 205 to 209.5 this season.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are 4-5 SU on the road this season, including a 2-4 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Los Angeles has enjoyed tremendous production from its reserves thus far during the 2013-14 campaign, as the bench leads the NBA in averaging 47.8 points per game.\u00a0 Guard Nick Young is the main player to watch from that group, as he comes in scoring 16.3 points a contest.\u00a0 The franchise has used nine different starting lineups thus far.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City is averaging 111.0 points in putting together a four-game winning streak, which includes a 116-100 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies as six-point road favorites Wednesday.\u00a0 The Thunder have compiled a perfect 10-0 SU record at Chesapeake Energy Arena this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 Forward Kevin Durant is currently averaging carer-highs in rebounding and assists, while also managing to score 30-plus points and grab 10-plus boards in five games this year.\u00a0 Oklahoma City is 15-2 SU and 13-4 ATS at home with a betting total of 205 to 209.5.<\/p>\n

The Thunder have increased their winning percentage in the last five seasons\u2014a streak that could continue due to their 17-4 record to open up the 2013-14 campaign.\u00a0 Oklahoma City is holding opponents to the second worst field goal shooting percentage in the league, while it has won all six games when a foe hits 40 percent or less of its attempts.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Thunder due to the Lakers being 4-9 ATS in their last 13 games versus teams with a winning record.<\/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 vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Friday, 12\/13\/13, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -10.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -13 Opening Total:\u00a0 209 Current Total:\u00a0 209.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles has dropped both of its games since the return of superstar Kobe Bryant, including a 114-108 setback to the […]<\/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":[6622,1193,67,68,18,399],"class_list":["post-31770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chesapeake-energy-arena","tag-kevin-durant","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31770","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=31770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31771,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31770\/revisions\/31771"}],"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=31770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}