Kobe sits, the Lakers keep on winning…scaring the heck out of the rest of the league. Kobe Bryant has been out since February 5th (nursing a sprained ankle), but missing one of the best players in the world hasn’t tripped up the odds-on Championship favorites.
The NBA regular season is winding down quickly and Matt Fargo took a look at the remaining schedule of the 30 teams in the league to see what teams could have a tough time down the stretch.
Here are five teams he thinks have the toughest roads coming in.
It’s a light NBA betting schedule on Thursday night with only two games on tap. At least both games are solid matchups between Western Conference teams in the playoff picture, as Phoenix takes on Dallas and San Antonio faces Denver.
Matt Fargo takes a look at the NBA schedule this weekend and pulls out important matchups, injuries, news notes and betting trends from around the league.
Portland will be playing its first home game on Friday against the Spurs. The Blazers will be without the services of Greg Oden who is out 2-4 weeks with a sprained foot. Joel Przybilla will start for the Blazers at center against San Antonio after he finished with four points and 11 rebounds in 25 minutes against the Lakers. Portland was a dismal 34.5 percent from the floor in that game and now faces a team it is 0-12 in its last 12 against.
