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SCALLLLLLLL!!!! How many stars out of 5?
 
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Quote Originally Posted by midnightprowl:

Wow nice write up as per usual.... Win or lose i will lock 3 units with lakers 

I kinda was thinking Miami and OKC don't cover anyway. 

I was thinking Miami as well but the more I researched this game, the more I was pulled away from the Miami game and towards LA (with a line that keeps rising against the Heat (bad- public love for the heat) instead of for them like the a lakers (good - Public love for OKC).)
 
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Quote Originally Posted by MoreGeezer:

With you this time i think ..the thunder don't have a low post defender now,gasol will be free to make plays and pass the ball to shooters.
Okc isn't the same without him and sefolosha...

You are right. 

I was so focused on Westbrook I forgot to get to Thabdo and Perkins.

This article sums up their impact, YET ANOTHER REASON to back the Lakers today:






     In the Thunder’s first five years of existence, just four opponents scored 40 points in a quarter. This season, four teams already have scored 40 plus in a quarter and three have done it in the last SIX games.

     In its six years of existence, the Thunder has scored at least 122 points 22 times. Last night's 128-122 loss at Phoenix was the first time OKC had lost in regulation – 15-1 in regulation and 5-1 in overtime.

     The Thunder has lost four of its last seven games and in those four losses, opponents are averaging 117.5 points, shooting 51.2 percent from the field, 42.3 percent from the 3-point line and 5.5 more rebounds.

     Thunder coach Scott Brooks insists defense remains his priority, but that’s tough to do when your two best one-on-one defenders are sidelined for another month.

     Kendrick Perkins and Thabo Sefolosha might not have necessarily mattered in every game they've missed, but isn’t it interesting how two supposedly dispensable players now seem a little more important.

     Brooks still expects defense, demands defense and stresses defense. Trouble is, he not getting nearly enough defense.


 
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Quote Originally Posted by shipit_1:

   nice write up    hell I   never thought id put money on the lakers   this year  but u just convinced  me       im riding with   lets get that easy money 
 Sounds good man! Thanks for taking the time to read and grab a good side.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Enjoi:

Tailing you on this one Scal, loved the write-up but what's more is that OKC are 3-4 SU since losing Perkins from the line up. 

Yes, yes.

I forgot to get to Perk and Thabs. Thanks for the reminder. It is a big deal and provides even more reason to back LA.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Tigers2013:

Great insight.  Tailing this one to the bank for 3 units 
Thanks!
 
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Quote Originally Posted by HATAD123:

Tailing this one aswell, or as we say in Sweden ''Jag ryggar denna'' ;)
The Lakers have a glimmer of love all the way in Sweden because of this write up. 

If you can convince a capper in Sweden the lakers are the right side over OKC, you've done your capping duty.
 
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GL scal!!

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Sinanju:

nice write-up..

What is your say about the Total of this Game?? i'm thinking of Over... this might be a shoot-out game...

No opinion on the total
 
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Quote Originally Posted by scalabrine:



Knicks/Lakers....we take the shi* of the NBA and turn it into gold baby!

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Nabooru:

Im too scared

Don't be. Whenever you are getting 10+ you are either backing an awful team or playing a great one. When you are getting 10+ at home, it's always both. But you'll never get this kind of spread otherwise. Ya take it or leave it or lay it.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by MoneyShot:

GL scal
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Jailbait7127:

SCALLLLLLLL!!!! How many stars out of 5?
There's enough here for 4 Jail
 
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Quote Originally Posted by oldscho0led:

Solid write-up 
 
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Ive got the Thunder!
 
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As expected the line has hit 12
 
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Quote Originally Posted by BigUnit:

Ive got the Thunder!
good luck
 
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Quote Originally Posted by HATAD123:

Tailing this one aswell, or as we say in Sweden ''Jag ryggar denna'' ;)

Lycka till!
 
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taking Sunday off just isnt an option after this.. as always many thanks Scal
 
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I'm on board again today. Lets get it bro. 

 
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love what you said up there too.. "takin the sht of the nba and turning it into gold". most apt description I could think of.
 
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I've been always looking forward for your posts Scal. Riding the Lakers too. BOL!
 
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Great write up. Let's cash it homie 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by scalabrine:

Another footnote. Do the Thunder play down to their competition? Sometimes YES. And the Lakers are way down there. Some of their straight up losses have come to:

Cavs (BY TEN just recently at HOME!)
Magic
Nuggets
Utah
Nets (When they were awful)
T-Wolves

The Thunder simply do not have the incentive to annihilate the Lakers like the Clippers did. That makes this number quite large.

This is a 3:30 start (and possibly daylight savings time could screw with the team traveling West as they lose two hours going West and they lose an hour for daylight savings time ). 

Folks, this game is also on ABC which is bigger than ESPN in terms of viewers. 

The Lakers became a national embarrassment on Thursday night at the Staples Center. Now this is their first game back home and it will be televised nationally. They HAVE to show something here to save face for the disgrace they put on only 3 days ago.

So to sum up we get:

1) A BOATLOAD of points (We do not have to win or even come close to winning and the Lakers showed they can backdoor a spread and keep fighting as they did when they backdoored the Nuggets)
2) A completely revamped lineup with huge upgrades on the Lakers
3) A much better Laker bench
4) A Thunder team 3-4 SU since Westbrook returned
5) A nationally televised game after the Laker brass called an emergency meeting with the head coach (remember when this happened with the Knicks with Dolan and Woodson? They won outright the very next game.)


There is only one thing left to do and the choice is obvious. Don't let a single game EVER dictate sides in future games like the Clipper game is doing to squares.

One last thing.

Who are the Lakers opponents coming up?

Thunder Sunday
@Thunder Thursday
@Spurs Friday! (b2b with the Spurs
Spurs at home 3/19

What is the most winnable game in those 4? I'll take the Thunder game right out of the gate and we get 11.5 (and possibly 12 by morning). 

If the Lakers need to save face, it's right here right now. NOT in OKC or on a b2b with the SPURS!

THE PICK:

LAKERS +11.5 OVER THUNDER

Good luck with this one, Scal. But I just don't see it. Thunder are coming off a loss where they had a ten point lead. I don't think they're gonna mess around with the Lakers today like they did the last time they played. I really, really don't. But I wish you good luck.
 
 
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+ 12 now, everyone is scared to go against Durant, Westbrook
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