Monday, May 21st, 2012
Kobe Bryant and the LA Lakers will make the road trip to the Pacific Northwest to face the Portland Trailblazers in an NBA pro basketball game on Thursday night.
Tip off time from Portland is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by TNT.
The point spread opened up in this NBA game with the home club Portland Trailblazers favored by -3 ½ points with an over under of 192 points.
Early money has not moved the betting line as the Portland Trailblazers remain a -3 ½ point betting favorite.
The total has moved down to 190 points.
Portland Trailblazers money line bettors will lay –160 odds with the road underdog LA Lakers returning +140 odds to win outright with no need for taking the points.
These two teams met four times last regular season with the Lakers winning the season series 3-1.
The clubs split both games played in Portland with LA’s victory coming in at 106-101 overtime win as a +2 ½ point underdog.
The Lakers travels to Portland with a record of 4-3 on the season. The club is 0-2 on the road.
LA averages 94 points and 45.7% shooting from the floor with 24.8% from the three point line. The Lakers make 73.2% of their free throws.
Defensively the Lakers give up 89 points and just 40.3% shooting. Teams hit at 30.1% from three against them.
The Lakers are on a nice run as they have won four of their past five games. All four wins came at home with the loss at Denver.
The team is coming off the 108-99 home win on Tuesday night to the Houston Rockets as a -7 ½ point betting favorite.
The total landed over the closing line of 191 points.
The Lakers had a good shooting night making 52.6% of their shots with 5 of 14 from three.
LA crushed the Rockets on the glass by a 53-38 margin.
Kobe Bryant led the team with 37 points and eight rebounds on 14 of 29 shooting.
Center Andrew Bynum had 21 points and 22 rebounds as he made 8 of 15 shots.
Pau Gasol chipped in with 14 points and eight rebounds.
LA held Houston to just 42.7% shooting and 11 of 31 from the three point line. The Lakers allowed the Rockets just seven attempts from the free throw line.
Portland with host the LA Lakers with the record of 4-1 on the season. The team is a perfect 3-0 at home.
The Trailblazers average 102 points and 44.8% shooting from the field with 34.5% from beyond the arc. The club makes 81.8% of their free throws.
Defensively Portland allows 94 points and 43.4% shooting. Teams hit on 26.3% from three against them.
The Blazers bounced back from their loss at the Clippers on New Year’s Day with the 103-93 road win at the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night as a +4 ½ point underdog.
The total landed under the closing line of 196 ½ points.
The Trailblazers connected at 44.7% from the floor with 6 of 15 from beyond the arc.
The team had six more boards than the hosting Thunder.
LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 30 points and eight rebounds on 10 of 19 shooting. Aldridge made it to the free throw line 12 times and made 10 shots.
Wesley Matthews had 16 points on 7 of 12 shooting.
Forward Gerald Wallace grabbed 13 boards to go with his 13 points.
The Trailblazers allowed Oklahoma City 43.4% shooting with only 5 of 20 from beyond the arc.
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