LA Lakers versus Orlando Magic ABC TV NBA Pro Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on March 7, 2010 by admin · No Comments

The LA Lakers will look to bounce back in the win column when they do battle with Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday afternoon. Tip off time in Orlando is set for 2:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ABC.

The LVSC NBA odds makers have set the opening line in this contest and it was the home team Orlando Magic opening up as a 3 point betting favorite with the over under coming in at 198 ½.

The early money from the bettors has come on the side of the road underdog LA Lakers, as the Orlando Magic are currently a 2 point favorite. The total has seen the early movement come downward, as the over under is currently lined at 195 for the bettors to play into.

Money line bettors on the side of the Orlando Magic can lay –135 odds with the road underdog LA Lakers bringing back +115 to pull off the upset victory without the need for taking the points.

This will be the second of two regular season meetings between these clubs. It was the LA Lakers with the 98-92 home victory over the Orlando Magic as a 6-point favorite back on January 18th. LA had a solid game on the boards winning the rebounding battle by a 57-52 margin. Orlando turned it over 12 times to the Lakers 5.

The Lakers have lost 2 straight games as they face the Magic. The results were huge as the Lakers right after the loss fell behind by 4 games in the loss column for best record in the NBA over Cleveland with just 19 games remaining. Cleveland owns the tiebreaker over the Lakers so the Cavs own a three game lead following Cleveland’s loss to Milwaukee in Saturday’s action. The Lakers followed up their 114-111 overtime loss on Thursday night to the Heat with a 98-83 loss the following night at the Charlotte Bobcats. LA shot poorly in defeat hitting on just 36.2% of their shots while allowing the Bobcats 51.4%. Kobe Bryant is coming off a 26-point performance against the Bobcats. Kobe has struggled mightily from behind the arc as Bryant has hit on just 2 of 18 from the three-point line over his past 5 games.

The Orlando Magic sits in the second seed in the Eastern Conference with a 43-20 record and 2 games ahead of the Atlanta Hawks who sits in the third seed with only 19 games remaining. The Magic is winners of 4 straight games. This will be the third straight home game for Orlando. The team is coming off a 97-87 home victory over the hapless New Jersey Nets on Friday night. Orlando won the rebounding advantage by 12 boards and limited the Nets to just 40 % shooting from the field. Dwight Howard only contributed with 11 points as Nets big man Brooke Lopez covered him. Howard was able to contribute with 16 boards in victory.

Trend: LA Lakers are 1-8 ATS in their past 9 games

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