{"id":5863,"date":"2008-12-16T18:38:22","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T23:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=5863"},"modified":"2008-12-16T18:38:22","modified_gmt":"2008-12-16T23:38:22","slug":"preview-prediction-knicks-lakers-161208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/preview-prediction-knicks-lakers-161208\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Preview: Knicks vs. Lakers (Dec. 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NBA Knicks @ Lakers<\/h2>\n<p>The Mike D\u2019Antoni coached New York Knicks continue their west coast swing when they travel up from Phoenix to Los Angeles to take on the Lakers. The Lakers were one of the best teams in the NBA against the spread going 6 and 1 in their first eight games but since then they\u2019ve been somewhat of a disappointment for sports betting fans.<!--more-->\u00a0Their record against the spread at this point is 11 and 12 even though their overall straight-up record is 20 and 3. L.A. is still the team to beat in the Western Conference. It\u2019s just that they\u2019ve proven to be a shlub against the BetUS online betting spread &#8211; &#8211; at least for now.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Knicks are a much better team this season than they were last season. The main reason is that D\u2019Antoni doesn\u2019t bring any drama to the job like Isiah Thomas did. D\u2019Antoni\u2019s just a coach. He\u2019s a good one at that. Even though the Knicks are just below the .500 mark at 11 and 13, they\u2019re winners against the BetUS online betting spread going 14 and 10 this season. On the road the Knicks are 7 and 6 against the NBA basketball betting spread.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are the BetUS online sportsbook betting odds for this game.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New York Knicks\t + 13 &#8211; 110\t+ 800\t O 224 \u00bd<br \/>\nLos Angeles Lakers\t &#8211; 13 &#8211; 110\t&#8211; 1400\t U 224 \u00bd<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/mid\/2183\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" title=\"Betus NBA Betting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sportsimagestore.com\/showbanner.asp?affid=11892&#038;banid=1399 alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><strong>Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The New York Knicks are 6 and 0 against the spread in their last 6 games overall.<br \/>\nThe Under is 7 and 1 in the New York Knicks last 8 games overall.<br \/>\nThe Los Angeles Lakers are 0 and 6 against the spread in their last 6 games overall.<br \/>\nThe Over is 9 and 3 in the Los Angeles Lakers last 12 games overall.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks have a chance to at least stay close to the Lakers in this game because the Lakers just aren\u2019t dominating teams like they did earlier this season.<\/p>\n<p>Kobe isn\u2019t dominating the way he usually does and the rest of the Lakers team hasn\u2019t been playing at the same level that they usually do.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m hesitant to make an online bet on the BetUS Total because I can see this game getting out of hand and it going over, or I can see this game staying under the 224 \u00bd.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I\u2019m gong to stick to the trends in this one and say that D\u2019Antoni\u2019s team keeps it within 13 points. The Knicks probably won\u2019t win this but an 8 to 10 point loss looks likely.<\/p>\n<h3>Knicks vs. Lakers Prediction:<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019ll make an online bet on the New York Knicks to beat the BetUS online wagering spread of 13 points in this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mike D\u2019Antoni coached New York Knicks continue their west coast swing when they travel up from Phoenix to Los Angeles to take on the Lakers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4573,116,1597,3938,3939,4045,4494,4575,6732,6733,6731,744,1599,4574,747,749,3951,6735,6734,6736,4576],"class_list":["post-5863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-2008-nba-picks","tag-basketball-bet","tag-basketball-handicapping","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-free-nba-prediction","tag-gamble-nba","tag-knicks-lakers-odds","tag-knicks-vs-lakers","tag-knicks-vs-lakers-prediction","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-free-picks","tag-nba-free-predictions","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-odds","tag-nba-preview","tag-new-york-knicks-vs-los-angeles-lakers","tag-ny-knicks-vs-la-lakers","tag-ny-vs-la","tag-wager-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5863","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5918,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5863\/revisions\/5918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}