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Phoenix at Los Angeles (12/10/2008)

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Away:  Phoenix [9-13 ATS]
Home:  L.A. Lakers [10-9 ATS]

Game Time: 10:30 PM
Stadium: Staples Center

Recent Meetings:
11/20/08 - LAL 105 vs. PHO 92

Team Leaders:

Phoenix:
Points: Amare Stoudemire (22.4)
Assists: Steve Nash (8.3)
Rebounds: Shaquille O'Neal (8.4)

L.A. Lakers:
Points: Kobe Bryant (24.8)
Assists: Kobe Bryant (4.4)
Rebounds: Pau Gasol (9.4)

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load up  Lal......
 
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Phoenix...........108
Lakers.............119
 
Small parlay...........Lakers over Denver over   1 unit
 
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capeteco that just might work
Lakers over212
 
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lal
 
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Phoenix...........105
Lakers.............115
 
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LA upset bout da other nite.

 
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Suns +12.5
 
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The Suns will be short-handed tonight:
Shaq is not playing.
Raja Bell, Boris Diaw, and Sean Singletary just got traded to the Bobcats.

That leaves Nash, Barbosa, Hill, Stoudemire, and Robin Lopez as there starting line up, with Matt Barnes, Goran Dragic, and Louis Amundson left coming off the bench.
 
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"Bball is about matchups"
Suns at Lakers -12

Suns without Shaq (grandma died),  B Diaw (8.3/gm), R Bell (9.4/gm) and S Singletary (2.6/gm) due to trade
Probably only rostering 8 players
Can Louis Amundson, Leandro Barbarosa, Goran Dragic and Robin Lopez keep the Suns close vs the Lakers? (trick question)

Lakers beat Suns in Phx by 13 pts, 20 days ago with their full roster.

Unfortunately, Laker bench has been in a shooting slump and D is like a layup drill for the other team.
Opp have scored over 100 pt in 4 out of last 5 games vs Lakers

Problem has been the inability of the Lakers to cover the big spreads. (like last nights loss to Sac?!)
The line keeps climbing as I type. (Up to 14.5 in Sportsbetting)

Can the depleted Suns even score 100+ to get the over at 216?

The only thing that makes these kind of games fun is laying some action, so...

Chickening out on the big spread and...
Taking the under


 
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Still on the OVER 216.5 Holla!!!
 
LAL  117
Moons 103
 
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Good stuff guys.
Thanks for that.  And the trade news.  Just sat down at the computer today.

Hard to know which Laker team is going to show up at this point tonight. You're right dukeycat, that defense has been non-existent, despite all the talk coming from the Lakers about focusing on it. And it seems as though all the intensity they started the season with has taken a natural and probably inevitable downturn.

But . . . 

Crazy thing is, the spread might be the safer bet than the over tonight because that is definitely a short-handed Suns team and at some point the Laker bench is going to pop out of that slump. Tonight might be the night with last night's game actually being a good tune-up.  

Also there's no way they can play as badly as a team as they did last night.  It's always embarrassing when for them when they lose to Sac Town.

It all might add up to a Laker explosion.

One other thing I just noticed.  I use a site that let's you bet team totals.  The total for the Suns is 101, which is what they've been averaging on the season, pre-trade.

You gotta' like the UNDER there.
 
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Couple other things, Lakers are also a good cover bet on back-to-back nights.

Also 4-1 after giving up 105 points or more.

But I still want to see them play better than they did on that road trip, and over the past two weeks in general.
 
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Lakers betrayed last night...f 'em.  Suns plus tonight.
 
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GOTTA LIKE THE OVER...
LA LOOKED BAD LAST NIGHT...
PHOENIX NO DEFENCE...
SHAQLESSS MEANS THEY RUN..
HE IZ NOT THERE 2 CLOG UP MIDDLE..
OVA...
SIZZLE HAS SPOKEN.................
 
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suns and over nash and amare have easy double-doubles. they should play most or all of the game. gla
 
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8 players v the lakers at home?
 
seems like alot could go wrong for the suns. going with the fakers to make up for their weak showing.
 
 
 
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Lakers -13.5...............
 
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Quote Originally Posted by dsizzle:

GOTTA LIKE THE OVER...
LA LOOKED BAD LAST NIGHT...
PHOENIX NO DEFENCE...
SHAQLESSS MEANS THEY RUN..
HE IZ NOT THERE 2 CLOG UP MIDDLE..
OVA...
SIZZLE HAS SPOKEN.................

 

my thoughts eggsactly. OVER IT IS

 
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LAKERS SHOULD CRUSH
 
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I WAS CLOSE ON THE FINAL SCORE
 
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Quote Originally Posted by BDUBB:

Lakers -13.5...............

Amazing, simply amazing...............

 
 
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110-115
 
Suns +12.5
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