L.A. Lakers at Phoenix Suns Betting Odds


Opening Line: Lakers -1 / Suns +1 O/U 214

Time: 9 PM EST Friday March 12, 2010

Tonight in the Valley of the Desert the Phoenix Suns host the L.A. Lakers. The Suns are streaking, as they are coming off a win, are 8-2 in their last 10 games, and are tied for 5th in the West trailing the Lakers by 7 games.

The Lakers no longer have a comfortable lead in the Western Conference since their recent 3-game losing streak. They now only lead the red-hot Dallas Mavericks by 2.5 games and the Denver Nuggets by 3.5 games. The Lakers did win their last game, but they are only 5-5 in their last 10 games.

This season Phoenix is 24-8 at home and 36-28-1 ATS and L.A. is 17-13 on the road and 27-36-2 ATS.

In their last games L.A. beat the Toronto Raptors 109-107 on Tuesday night and Phoenix also won their last game beating the Indiana Pacers 113-105 last Thursday night.

The Lakers have lost 4 straight road games and they have lost their last 2 games in Phoenix.

Kobe Bryant has played well lately averaging 32.8 ppg in his last 4 games, but he will need help on offense tonight, especially from Pau Gasol (17 ppg) and Andrew Bynum (14.9 ppg). Bynum has been a Suns' killer, as in his last 7 games against Phoenix he is averaging 17.4 ppg and 10.4 rpg.

Ron Artest has really been struggling only averaging 6.3 ppg on 4/24 shooting in the last 3 games.

Phoenix is a run-and-gun team and they will be fresh tonight, as they have not played in 6 days.

The Lakers offense may not be the main concern tonight, as their 10th ranked defense, in terms of opponents' points allowed, has to worry about a Phoenix squad that is the highest scoring team in the league (109.5 ppg) and is shooting the highest 3-pt FG% (40.5%).

The Lakers really have to key on Suns' PF Amare Stoudemire (22.1 ppg), who has scored at least 30 points in his last 3 games.

Both Suns' PG's are nursing injuries, as Steve Nash (17 ppg) and backup Goran Dragic (8 ppg) are both listed as day-to-day, but each should play tonight.

L.A. is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games, 2-8-1 ATS in their last 11 games overall, and has an Under record of 8-2 in their last 10 road games.

Phoenix is 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games, 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games as an underdog, and has an Under record of 6-2 in their last 8 home games.

L.A. is 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games in Phoenix and in the last 7 games between these 2 teams in Phoenix the total has gone Over 5 times.

Our Selection : The Lakers ended one streak in their last game, but one still continues. The Lakers ended their three game losing streak with a narrow victory over the struggling Raptors. However Los Angeles goes into this game still riding a 4 game road losing streak. Don't look for them to end it here. the home team has been dominate in this series as of late with the home side winning and covering the last six. Channing Frye will be missed, but we think that the Suns have enough to win this game outright as a small dog. Take the Suns -2 at BetUs


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