2016 NBA Handicapping Tips
The NBA draft is designed to introduce new talent to the Association, and there are a handful of teams that fared better than the rest when the big night came to a close in June.
The NBA draft is designed to introduce new talent to the Association, and there are a handful of teams that fared better than the rest when the big night came to a close in June.
NBA basketball betting sees the Minnesota Timberwolves taking on the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday April 10 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Cappers Picks provides complimentary handicapping picks all NBA season long.
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 Los Angeles Lakers will make the trip over to Chesapeake Energy Arena for a date with the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night in a prime time showdown.
The Clippers are 36-26 ATS with an O/U record of 35-27 and the Lakers are 32-28-1 ATS with an O/U record of 35-26. This season the Lakers are 10-19 at home and the Clippers are 17-15 on the road.
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.
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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.
Once upon a time, the Los Angeles Lakers vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder would have been a Western Conference Finals dream.
Kobe Bryant is back, but the Los Angeles Lakers have a ways to go before we consider them contenders. The Phoenix Suns will put that notion to the test Tuesday night when they enter the Staples Center looking for their 12th win of the 2013-14 NBA season.
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 Lakers are coming of a loss but have been pretty respectable at 2-3 thus far this season. They dropped the Clippers on opening night and losses to teams like Golden State and San Antonio are nothing to be ashamed of.
The San Antonio Spurs looked pretty good in their opening win against Memphis. Essentially that game was over after a 30-7 second quarter in favour of the Spurs and they managed the game from there.