CLICK HERE FOR THE BEST NBA WEEKLY PLAYOFF GAMBLING TIPS & FREE NBA PREDICTIONS!! \u2014><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Team records:<\/strong> After the Game 1 beatdown of near-biblical proportions, the Suns had no choice but to play the \u201cIt\u2019s only one game\u201d card.<\/p>\n When you lose by 21 after trailing by as many as 28, what other option is there?<\/p>\n Matchup: SUNS vs. LAKERS<\/strong><\/p>\n Time<\/strong>: Wednesday 9:00 ET You can\u2019t admit what was obvious to any neutral observer: That the Lakers are just plain better.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t expect many offensive adjustments from the Suns in Game 2 Wednesday night. Phoenix has one style of play \u2013 get the ball upcourt as fast as possible and get a shot up before shot clock comes anywhere close to single digits. All fine and good. It produces beaucoup points and teams that don\u2019t want to sprint for 48 minutes often wind up in a ditch.<\/p>\n Three problems:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re the world champions,\u201d notes Phoenix coach Alvin Gentry, \u201cand there\u2019s a reason they\u2019re the champions. It\u2019s not like they let people waltz in here (Staples Center) and win.\u201d<\/p>\n Must-win games are hyperbole until a team has three losses in a best-of-seven series, but it\u2019s hard to construct any kind of scenario in which Phoenix wins this series after a Game 2 loss.<\/p>\n The Lakers just do not lose 4 of 5 playoff games. As if the Suns don\u2019t already have enough problems, Amar\u2019e Stoudemire\u2019s mother was arrested Monday for the umpteenth time and charged with not having an ignition lock device device on her car.<\/p>\n [A vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device cannot be driven unless the driver passes breath alcohol tests via an analyzer installed in the vehicle.]<\/p>\n Also, Amar\u2019e didn\u2019t do himself any favors when he shrugged off the Game 1 loss and, when asked about Lamar Odom\u2019s performance (19 points, 19 rebounds), called the Laker \u201clucky.\u201d<\/p>\n Suns vs. Lakers Game 2 Free NBA Prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n How high can the O\/U go? Well, if the Suns don\u2019t start playing better defense the Lakers might be able to pressure the number (215.5) on their own. As Doug Collins points out, teams that run don\u2019t like to be run on themselves.<\/p>\n LA had a taste of uptempo basketball in Round 1 against Oklahoma City, but the Suns\u2019 first two playoff opponents (Portland and San Antonio) were more comfortable in halfcourt sets, so maybe there\u2019s an adjustment period.<\/p>\n Still, the Suns were soundly outplayed in three of the four periods in Game 1 (Kobe Bryant sat out much of the second period) and showed no indication that they have any more idea how to deal with Bryant or the Lakers\u2019 massive front line than did the Jazz in Round 2.<\/p>\n LAKERS -6 in this one.<\/p>\n <\/strong> Our experts weigh in with this week\u2019s best Round 3 NBA Playoff picks for gambling on all the action\u2026Wednesday on the hardwood we get the Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers for game 2 of their 7 game Western conference nba final series…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":21849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4045,5595,2886,13109,20992,20991,12357,9273,9921,29106,29105,29107,29051,29054,29108,23240,23241,13913],"class_list":["post-22699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-free-nba-predictions","tag-game-2","tag-game-two","tag-nba-parlay-betting","tag-nba-parlay-picks","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-nba-selections","tag-online-nba-predictions","tag-phoenix-l-a-picks","tag-phoenix-suns-vs-l-a-lakers","tag-suns-lakers-odds","tag-suns-lakers-picks","tag-suns-vs-lakers","tag-suns-vs-lakers-predictions","tag-wednesday-night-nba","tag-wednesday-night-nba-picks","tag-western-conference-finals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22699","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=22699"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22855,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22699\/revisions\/22855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPhoenix: 54-28 SU, 48-32-2 ATS
\nL.A.: 57-25 SU, 34-46-2 ATS<\/p>\n
\nVenue<\/strong>: Staples Center, Los Angeles
\nSpread<\/strong>: Lakers -6.5
\nOver\/Under<\/strong>: 215.5<\/p>\n\n
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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":"