Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Kobe Bryant and the LA Lakers will make the trip to the Midwest to face Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday afternoon.
Tip off time from Oklahoma City is scheduled for 2:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ABC.
The point spread opened up in this game at a pick with the over under hung at 201 ½ points.
Early money from the NBA betting public has come on the side of the Thunder as Oklahoma City has been bet up to a -1 point favorite. The total has moved down to 201 points.
Those backing the favored Oklahoma City Thunder on the money line will lay -115 odds with the underdog LA Lakers returning -105 odds to post the upset win without the aid of taking the points.
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These two Western conference foes battle for the second time this regular season.
Back on January 17th it was the LA Lakers with the 101-94 home victory against the Oklahoma City Thunder as a -4 ½ point betting favorite. The game landed under the closing total of 202 ½ points.
The Lakers had a good shooting night making 50% of their shots and 7 of 14 from three. LA out rebounded the Thunder by a 41-40 differential. The club survived 15 turnovers.
Kobe Bryant had 21 points in the victory with 7 of 12 shooting and 7 assists. Pau Gasol also chipped in with 21 points but with 8 of 19 from the floor and 7 boards. Center Andrew Bynum had 10 points and 10 rebounds in just 22 minutes of action.
Oklahoma City made 42.5% of their shots and a very poor 2 of 22 from the three point line.
Russell Westbrook led the Thunder with 32 points on 12 of 23 shooting and 12 rebounds. Kevin Durant had 24 points but made only 8 of 24 of this shots and 1 of 8 from the three point line.
The Lakers enters play with an overall mark of 41-19. The club is 20-11 on the road this season.
The club sits in the third seed in the Western conference and 9 games in the loss column behind the top seeded San Antonio Spurs.
The Lakers have started their run towards another championship following the All Star break with three straight wins.
They are coming off the 108-95 home victory on Friday night against the LA Clippers as a -10 ½ point favorite. The game landed over the closing total of 193 points.
The LA Lakers had a solid shooting night in victory hitting on 50.6% from the field and 8 of 16 from the three point line. The Lakers lost the rebounding battle by a 45-39 differential. The team was good defensively allowing just 37.8% shooting to the Clippers.
Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 24 points on 10 of 16 shooting and five assists. Pau Gasol chipped in with 22 points on 8 of 9 from the field, 6 of 6 from the line and 6 rebounds. Center Andrew Bynum had 16 points and 11 boards in the win.
The Oklahoma City Thunder hosts the Lakers with a record of 36-21. The team is 20-8 on their home court.
Oklahoma City sits in the fourth seed in the Western conference and two games behind the third seeded LA Lakers with 25 games left to play.
Following the All Star break the team had an easy home win against the Clippers. They then hit the road for two games and lost to the Spurs on the back end of a back to back.
Two days later the club traveled to Orlando and were blown out 111-88 as a +6 ½ point underdog. The game played under the closing total of 204 points.
The Thunder had a brutal night shooting the basketball in their loss hitting on just 33.3% from the floor and 10 of 25 from the three point line. They lost the rebounding battle to the Magic by a 53-46 margin.
Defensively they allowed the Magic 50% shooting and 45.5% from three.
Kevin Durant led Thunder with 23 points and 16 rebounds but just 7 of 22 from the field. Russell Westbrook contributed with 18 points on just 7 of 19 shooting.
Trend: LA Lakers are 3-0 ATS in their past three meetings.
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