Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Atlanta Hawks will begin a west coast road trip with an NBA pro basketball game against the LA Lakers on Tuesday night.
Tip off time from LA is set for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass.
The point spread opened up in this NBA game with the LA Lakers favored by -4 ½ points with an over under of 179 points.
Early money from the NBA bettors has landed on the side of the home team as the LA Lakers are now favored by -5 ½ points.
The total has moved down to 178 ½ points.
LA Lakers money line players will lay –215 odds with the road underdog Atlanta Hawks bringing back +195 odds to post the upset road win with no need for getting the points.
The Lakers swept and covered the point spread in all two of their meetings against the Atlanta Hawks last season.
There was one over and one under in the two contests.
Atlanta Hawks will head into Staples Center to play the LA Lakers with a record of 18-10 on the year. The club is 9-5 on the road.
The Hawks put up 95 points and connect on 44.9% from the floor with 39.2% coming from the three point line.
On the defensive part of the court the team surrenders 91 points with 43.5% shooting from the floor. Opponents convert at 34.7% from three against them.
The Hawks have dropped four of six games.
They are coming off the 107-87 home defeat on Sunday night to the Miami Heat as a +4 point underdog.
The total in the game landed over the total of 189 ½ points.
Atlanta in a nationally televised game fell behind by 22 points in the loss.
The Hawks shot just 38.9% from the floor with 11 of 27 coming from three.
They were crushed by the Heat on the glass by a 52-38 margin.
In a reserve role Willie Green led Atlanta with 17 points on 7 of 12 shooting and three of three from the three point line.
Joe Johnson had 12 points and dished out five assists on 5 of 13 from the floor.
Both Zaza Pachulia and Josh Smith scored just eight points each in defeat.
Atlanta allowed the Miami Heat 45.8% shooting with 5 of 12 coming from three.
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The LA Lakers return home off a long road trip with a mark of 16-12 on the year. The club is 11-2 playing at home.
The Lakers put up 92 points and connect on 44.7% from the floor with 29.1% coming from the three point line. The team hits on 74.6% of their free throws.
On defense LA allows 90 points and 41.9% shooting. Teams make 32.6% from the three point line against them.
The team went 3-3 on their six game road trip.
They are coming off the 94-92 road win at Toronto on Sunday afternoon as a -6 point betting favorite.
The over under in the game came in at over the total of 175 ½ points.
Kobe Bryant hit the game winner to break the 92-92 tie with just seconds remaining.
The Lakers opened up the game with the 34-19 lead after the first quarter and held on to victory.
LA shot 43.2% from the field with 10 of 23 coming from the three point line.
Kobe Bryant led the team with 27 points on 9 of 23 shooting.
Pau Gasol had 16 points and 17 rebounds as he made 6 of his 15 shots.
Andrew Bynum in the center position contributed with 14 points and nine boards on 7 of 13 from the floor.
The Lakers allowed the Raptors to hit on 47.4% of their shots with 6 of 11 coming from three.
Trend: LA Lakers are 1-4 ATS in their past five games.
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