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Quote Originally Posted by CMJohnson1:

Lakers vs Wolves UNDER 216  ($110 to win $100)

Without Pau Gasol in this one for the Lakers, and out for the next couple of games as well, I just don't see the Lakers having enough offense to get this one over the total.  I know the Lakers defense has been swiss cheese lately, but the first two meetings between these two teams this year went UNDER the total, and I believe this one stays lower as well.

Prediction:  Wolves 106  Lakers 93

Quote Originally Posted by alangrrbs:

Pacers at Lakers

Pacers are wrapping up their road trip...Lakers are coming back from a looooong road trip.  Pacers need this win to go 3-2 on their west coast swing, and the Lakers...I'm not sure what the Lakers mindset is right now.  10 out of their last 11 games were on the road, and I'm sure their happy to be at home.  Pacers have had 2.5 full days of rest since their last game, and they needed it bad.

So where does that leave us for this game?  This is a tough game to handicap.  If you just look at recent games you can see both teams struggling, but the situation is different tonight with the Pacers having rest, and the Lakers finally at home.

It's tough to find many trends with the Lakers, but the biggest trend is that they can't rebound. They are getting outrebounded about every night.  They are taking way less shots than their opponents, but their shooting percentage is high.  Pacers tend to dominate the boards most nights...tonight should be no exception.  Looking back at the last few games the Pacers have played the common thing is that the backcourt of the opponents are scoring at will.  Phoenix, Sacramento and Denver were all hitting outside shots, and getting to the rim.  Does this Lakers team have the ability to do that? 

Pacers ran into two teams shooting lights out in Phoenix and Sacramento, and because so much energy was drained they hardly put up a fight against Denver.  However, Vogel and this staff has been great at making adjustments when they have days off.  The Pacers don't have to make a ton of adjustments, but I think they will tweak a couple things on offense and defense.

Plays for tonight.  Looking at the Lakers past games, since they struggle so much on the boards, I think they are going to struggle with getting a lot of possessions, especially in the first half.  I'm taking the Lakers TT 1h 48.5 under.  I think the Pacers play spirited defense in the first half, and hold the Lakers to under 45% shooting.  However, I'm also taking the game total over 205.  In the Lakers last games there have been tons of points scored in the second half...I can see lots of points in the 2h here as well, and I don't see how the Lakers are going to slow the Pacers offense, especially with rest.  If the Lakers are going to it close (which they might), they are going to have to push the pace and get their guards going....lots of points in the 2h.

I'm thinking really hard about taking the Lakers +10.  Not going to do it right now, but if this line goes up a bit, I'll play it.  I'll see what it's at later today.

GL today gentlemen