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Published: February 6, 2010
The LA Lakers will travel on the back end of a back to back to face the Portland Trailblazers in an NBA pro basketball game on Saturday night. Tip off time in Portland is scheduled for 10PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA package.
The LVSC NBA odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the LA Lakers were opened as a 2 ½ point favorite with the over under coming in at 194.
The early money from the NBA betting public has come in on the road favorite, as the LA Lakers are currently a 3-point favorite.
Money line gamblers can make a play on the favored LA Lakers at –145 with the home underdog Portland Trailblazers returning +125 to win this game without the need for taking the points.
The LA Lakers have had an awful time of it playing in the Rose Garden in Portland. The Lakers are 0-9 straight up in their past 9 trips to Portland. The Trailblazers have covered the spread 15 times in 17 home meetings with the Lakers with one push and one failed cover. The Lakers played at Portland on January 8th and came away with a 106-98 loss. The Trailblazers were hot in that contest hitting on over 50% from the field. LA could not get to the charity stripe in that contest with just 10 trips to the free throw line in defeat.
The Lakers are coming off a 126-113 home loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday night. LA could not contain the hot shooting from the Nuggets as the visitor hit on over 57% from the field. The guards of the Nuggets torched the Lakers as Chauncey Billips, Ty Lawson and J.R. Smith torched the Lakers guards on the offensive end. Perimeter shooting teams can exploit Derrick Fisher, as he is very slow to rotate in transition defense. Kobe Bryant played through a very sore ankle with 11 of 22 shooting for 33 points. But he did not have the pep in his step on the defensive end to close and elevate on the Nuggets shooters. Kobe’s injury will hurt him in his cuts, stops and starts on the defensive end of the court.
Portland is at home facing no travel and plays this game with a days rest after defeating the San Antonio Spurs 96-93 on Thursday night. The club exploited the poor defensive form of this new look Spurs club with over 51% shooting from the field. The Trailblazers are winners of three of their past four games. The teams leading scorer Brandon Roy has missed the past 9 games with a bad hamstring. He has been listed as questionable for this game and was reported to be practicing in pain on Friday. Forward LaMarcus Aldridge has picked up the scoring in recent games with 20 of 40 shooting from the field, 15 of 22 from the free throw line and 55 points over his past two games.
Trend: Portland is 15-1-1 ATS in their past 17 home games against LA Lakers.
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