NY vs LA NBA Hoops Handicapping
A pair of iconic teams that have struggled all season long will clash in an East Coast versus West Coast rivalry game on Tuesday, when the Lakers hosts the Knicks at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
A pair of iconic teams that have struggled all season long will clash in an East Coast versus West Coast rivalry game on Tuesday, when the Lakers hosts the Knicks at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
These two teams have been NBA superpowers for most the 21st Century to this point, which is high praise and remarkable consistency for two Western Conference ballclubs. Injuries to the Lakers’s aging trio of stars have seen L.A. finally take a back seat, but those darn Spurs just keep on moseying along in southern Texas.
The Celtics are 26-28-1 ATS with an O/U record of 21-34 and the Lakers are 18-36 ATS with an O/U record of 30-24.
Getting Steve Nash back didn’t make much difference as the Lakers will arrive in Cleveland on Wednesday fresh off a loss to Minnesota on Tuesday night.
The Pacers are 28-15 ATS with an O/U record of 18-24-1 and the Lakers are 24-20-1 ATS with an O/U record of 26-19.
Both the Clippers and Lakers will be without their best offensive players, when the two rivals face off at the Staples Center on Friday night.
The Los Angeles Lakers will go to battle once again without Kobe Bryant on Friday when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Los Angeles vs Atlanta NBA Picks
Kobe Bryant is back but the Lakers have only won one of the 4 games since his return. It was the last one so maybe they are getting used to having him back in the lineup, though I doubt it because he has looked pretty off playing more of a distributor role than scorer.
Since the 2013-14 NBA season began, the Memphis Grizzlies haven’t played the same kind of defense they did under head coach Lionel Hollins.
The Los Angeles Lakers will open the 2013 NBA regular season campaign on Tuesday night at the Staples Center, when they host cross-town rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Los Angeles Lakers have started their season in underwhelming fashion following the incredible offseason that brought Dwight Howard and Steve Nash to town. Winless through two games, the Lakers are now set to host the team that shares the same building, the Los Angeles Clippers. This rivalry hasn’t always been headline-worthy on the national stage, but with both teams fighting for contention this year, their contest Friday night will be the primetime matchup on ESPN.
The Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks have established a rich history over the past decade, but these two rivals are both bringing in new-look rosters into the 2012-13 season. The season opener in Los Angeles is going to be a showcase of the two new rotations, and it will be broadcast for the national audience to see on the first night of the new season.
The Los Angeles Lakers had one of the busiest offseasons of any team in the NBA, and as a result, they’re going to be ready to contend for a title in 2013. The 2011-12 season was a major disappointment, and when a shakeup was needed in L.A., GM Mitch Kupchak did what needed to be done to get this team back on track.
Well, it’s come down to this again.
If the Lakers want to stave off elimination on Monday at Oklahoma City, they must play a full 48-minutes of basketball, especially big man Pau Gasol who needs to step up and turn in a massive double-double performance.
The Los Angeles Lakers looked poised to walk away with a win in Game 2 of their Western Conference second-round series in Oklahoma, but the Thunder rallied behind a superhuman effort from Kevin Durant to head out west, up two games to none for Game 3 on Friday.
After disposing of the defending champion Dallas Mavericks in a quick four games, the Oklahoma City Thunder got eight days rest as they prepare to host the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinal on Monday night at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.