Cappers Mall Game of the DayLos Angeles at Chicago In the last five games, the Los Angeles Lakers have won three and lost two. The Lakers begin their first full road test Tuesday night in Chicago against the Bulls. It's the first game of six games on a trip that will keep the Lakers away from home for 12 days over Christmas.The Lakers are 3-4 on the road, with one of th

Cappers Mall Game of the Day12/15/2006Houston at Los Angeles   The Houston Rockets have been victorious six out of their last nine starts, while the Los Angeles Lakers have won seven out of their last nine games. Lamar Odom will miss at least the next month because of a sprained right kne

Cappers Mall Game of the Day 12/14/2006 San Antonio at New Orleans   The San Antonio Spurs have won five out of their last games and are in first place in the Southwest Division. The Spurs have a better road record {9-3} than they have at home, which is a positive reflection

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Time now to evaluate which conferences have the edge heading into the bowl season. Hopefully, all of this information will make things easier when handicapping the games. The SEC had the best nonconference record at 33-7 (83%) and was 9-6 (60%) vs. BCS schools. Those two figures rose to 29-2 and 8-2 when applied to the nine teams going bowling. To show h

Cappers Mall Game of the Day12/13/2006Utah at Los Angeles   The Utah Jazz have won five out of their last nine games and are in first place in the Northwest Division. On November 14th in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles took a one point lead into the halftime locker room, but t

Cappers Mall Game of the Day12/12/2006Seattle at Milwaukee   The Seattle Supersonics have won four out of their last five games and are in fourth place in the Northwest Division. Unfortunately, All-Star guard Ray Allen will miss at least the next seven road games for the S

BRIAN GABRIELLE'S NBA POWER RATINGS       Team Away Home Win Loss ATS O-U San Antonio Spurs 92.41 95.41 15 6 12 - 9 13 - 8 Houston Rockets 91.45 94.45 14 6 9 - 11 8 - 12 Dallas Mavericks 91.10 94.10 14 6 13 - 7 8 - 12 Phoenix Suns 90.97 93.97 13 6 12 - 6 13 - 6 Utah Jazz 90.70 93.70 15 5 11 - 9 13 - 7 LA Lakers Lakers 90.4

Hoop Weekend - December 08, 2006 Michael Robinson’s look at the key college hoop games this weekend. College basketball is off to a raving start with an influx of young talent that we haven’t seen in years. Much of that talent will be on display this weekend with a number of exciting games on the docket. Texas A&M at UCLA (12/09) Texas A&M (7-1) is

When it comes to handicapping the NBA there are two concepts that can make you a lot of money if you pay attention to them, or cost you a fortune if you ignore them – streaks and hype.   Teams in the NBA regularly string together ridiculous winning and losing streaks. Take this year’s Dallas Mavericks, for example. Before finally losing on Monday night, the Mavs had won 12 in a

Cappers Mall Game of the Day12/9/2006Philadelphia at Orlando   The Philadelphia 76’ers have lost five out of their last six games and are in last place in the Atlantic Division. Playing Andre Iguodala at the point sounds desperate, but if it somehow works out, you ha