Utah Jazz versus LA Lakers TNT TV December 27th 2011 Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

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The rested Utah Jazz will open the season with a road game against Kobe Bryant and the LA Lakers in an NBA pro basketball game on Tuesday night.

Start time from the Staples Center in Los Angeles is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by TNT.

The betting odds opened up in this NBA game with the home team LA Lakers favored by -4 ½ points with an over under of 186 points.

Money has shown early on the side of the home team as the LA Lakers is now favored by -5 points.

The over under has moved up to 187 yards.

LA Lakers money line bettors will lay -220 odds with the road underdog Utah Jazz returning +180 odds to pull off the upset win with no need for getting the points.

These two teams split their regular season meetings in the 2010-2011 year.

The Utah Jazz will open up their regular season tonight against a Laker team playing their third straight game in three nights.

Utah has two physical players in Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap who pull down a lot of rebounds for the team and can expose the thin from line of the Lakers who will be without Andrew Bynum down low.

Utah will have veteran Devin Harris and Gordon Hayward who will look to exploit the older legs of the LA Lakers team.

Defensively the Jazz will have Raja Bell on Kobe Bryant tonight.

The Lakers will enter play with an overall record of -0-2 on the season.

After a one point loss at home to the Chicago Bulls on Christmas Day the team took to the road and dropped a 100-91 decision to the Sacramento Kings as a -3 ½ point betting favorite.

It was an awful night for the old Lakers playing the back end of a back to back from the three point line where they made just 1 of 16 shots.

In 38 minutes Kobe Bryant had 29 points on just 10 of 24 shooting from the floor.

Pau Gasol contributed with 15 points on 7 of 12 from the field.

LA was meeting a historically bad Sacramento defense and made just 42% of their shots.

Once again the point guard play was bad as Steve Blake and Derrick Fisher combined for just 3 of 14 shooting from the floor with six assists.

On defense they allowed the Kings 46.7% of their shot. The Lakers were fortunate the loss wasn’t worse as Sacramento hit on only 21 of 35 from the free throw line.

LA had trouble against the Kings bigs as center DeMarcus Cousins and Chuck Hayes combined for 20 rebounds.

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Trend: The Under is 3-1 in their past three games.

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