Friday, February 11, 2011

NBA Preview: Los Angeles Lakers vs. New York Knicks

The Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Madison Square Garden.

Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 3-point favorites versus the Knicks, while the game's total is sitting at 210½.

In their last action, Los Angeles was a 92-86 winner on the road against the Celtics. They covered the 2?point spread as underdogs, while the combined score (178) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.

New York lost its last outing, a 116-108 result against the Clippers on February 9. The Knicks failed to cover in that game as a 7.5-point favorite, while the 224 combined points took the game OVER the total.

Los Angeles: Team record: 37-16 SU, 24-29 ATS Current streak: won 3 straight games.

LA Lakers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing New York LA Lakers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games LA Lakers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games on the road LA Lakers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against New York

When playing on Friday are 6-4 Before playing Orlando are 5-5 After playing Boston are 6-4 After a win are 6-4

New York: Team record: 26-25 SU, 31-18-2 ATS

The total has gone OVER in 6 of last 7 games at home The total has gone OVER in 5 of last 6 games The total has gone OVER in 9 of last 13 games when playing LA Lakers The total has gone OVER in 4 of last 6 games when playing at home against LA Lakers

When playing on Friday are 3-7 Before playing New Jersey are 4-6 After playing LA Clippers are 5-5 After a loss are 4-6

Next up: LA Lakers at Orlando, Sunday, February 13

 

Lakers vs. Knicks

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