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CLICK HERE FOR THE BEST NBA ROUND ONE VEGAS EXPERT GAMBLING PICKS!! \u2014><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n LOS ANGELES LAKERS (1) vs. OKLAHOMA CITY (8) Playoff Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n Game 1: Sunday, April 18: Oklahoma City at Los Angeles, 3 p.m. It\u2019s never a good thing when 75 percent of your playoff rotation is dealing with injuries, but that\u2019s precisely what faces the Lakers as they prepare for Round 1 against Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n Outside of maybe Portland there were no pleasant opponents for the Lakers, but OKC presents some unique challenges for the defending champs.<\/p>\n For one, the Thunder have the league\u2019s top scorer in Kevin Durant, the most underrated point guard in the planet in Russell Westbrook and a better-than-decent supporting cast that knows their roles.<\/p>\n And right now the Lakers have problems on several fronts \u2013 Kobe Bryant (injured finger), Andrew Bynum (Achilles tendon), Lamar Odom (shoulder), Jordan Farmar (hamstring), Luke Walton (back) and now Sasha Vujacic (sprained ankle).<\/p>\n Only Pau Gasol and Derek Fisher appear healthy.<\/p>\n All this gives Laker coach Phil Jackson a convenient excuse if things goes bad, and over the last few weeks things have gone very bad \u2013 so bad that LA now has just the third-best overall record and would not have the home-court edge in The Finals against either Cleveland or Orlando.<\/p>\n But neither Cleveland nor Orlando are visible now as the Lakers try to find ways to counter the Thunder\u2019s athletic ability and hunger.<\/p>\n Thunder vs Lakers Series Betting Odds:<\/strong> Heat vs. Celtics Prediction: Oklahoma City in 6. <\/strong><\/p>\n Losing 4 of its last 6 might have been a blessing in disguise for OKC, which avoided what might have been tougher matchups against Dallas or Utah. You\u2019ll know that the Lakers are in trouble if Jackson starts moaning about the referees.<\/p>\n Visit the Bet Menu to place your bets today.<\/p>\n <\/strong> The 7 game series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Lakers opens on Sunday night, here’s the NBA betting odds and our prediction for the series… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[10330,27786,27787,23074,12358,13136,12357,27848,27849,27850,27843,27844,27845,27846,27847],"class_list":["post-21272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-10330","tag-2010-nba-futures","tag-2010-nba-playoff-picks","tag-nba-betting-picks","tag-nba-playoff-picks","tag-nba-playoff-prediction","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder-vs-los-angeles-lakers-predictions","tag-oklahoma-city-vs-los-angeles","tag-playoff-series-prices","tag-thunder-lakers-lines","tag-thunder-lakers-picks","tag-thunder-lakers-predictions","tag-thunder-vs-lakers-series-preview","tag-thunder-vs-lakers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21272"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21276,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21272\/revisions\/21276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGame 2: Tuesday, April 20: Oklahoma City at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
\nGame 3: Thursday, April 22: Los Angeles at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.
\nGame 4: Saturday, April 24: Los Angeles at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.
\nGame 5: Tuesday, April 27: Oklahoma City at Los Angeles, TBD*
\nGame 6: Friday, April 30: Los Angeles at Oklahoma City, TBD*
\nGame 7: Sunday, May 2: Oklahoma City at Los Angeles, TBD* ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/media.partners.betus.com\/BANNERS\/basketball\/sportsbook_basketball_250x250_banner1.gif\")
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\nLawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"