[...] osure, like the Boston Red Sox or the Los Angeles Lakers. Squares will place bets on these teams for a number of irrational reasons. Being a fan is a common reason. Civic pride is another. These are not good reasons for risking money for any purpose other than entertainment. A sharp player looks at a square as a negative role model. Whatever the casual bettor is doing, the sharp will be inclined [...]

[...] . Currently Oklahoma City has a 2-0 lead over the Lakers and Spurs have a 1-0 lead over the Clippers with game two Thursday night. The Lakers are +1475 to win the West with the Clippers as high as +3800. Vegas and offshore still has the Heat at +180 favorites to win the NBA Championship. WIth a pivotal game three tonight in Indiana - these odds will change one way or another. 5Dimes has updated [...]

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[...] three best teams are the Heat, Bulls, Thunder and Lakers and that's exactly how the oddsmakers see it. Both Chicago and Oklahoma City are also off to fast starts and both are +425 to win the title while the Lakers started slow but are playing well and are +525 to win it all. Chicago is 9-2 overall and 7-4 versus the spread while Oklahoma City is 9-2 overall and 5-6 ATS. The Lakers are 7-4 overall [...]

[...] ic has been successful up to this point. Only the Lakers and Celtics have more wins than the franchise over the past four seasons, with Orlando reaching 50 wins in the regular season in each year of that span. However, Howard has now become a 6-foot-11 distraction, even if he isn't willing to admit it. "I'm not going to talk about that everyday," said Howard on Dec. 15 of his trade [...]

[...] the Greek Sportsbook Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Lakers The Lakers are 12.5 point favorites to win today and close out the Utah Jazz in five games. The Lakers won the first two at home by 13 & 10 and you can expect Jerry Sloan's squad to play hard and keep it near the number for the third time. Eventually talent should prevail and Lakers will move on to round two but a cover is not guarantee [...]

Sunday Trend Pick of the Day Line: La Lakers -6.5 The La Lakers are 19-7 ATS when the total is greater than or equal to 210 this season. The La Lakers are 17-8 ATS second half of the season this season. The La Lakers are 22-10 ATS vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons. The La Lakers are 18-9 ATS revenging a loss vs opponent this season. The La Lakers are 26-8 ATS versus poor defen [...]

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[...] tween Bryant, Chris Paul and Lebron James. The Lakers who finished with the best record in a very good Western Conference were led by their superstar who averaged 28.3 points per game with 5.4 assists and 6.3 rebounds. Past MVP winners 2006-07 - Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas 2005-06 - Steve Nash, Phoenix [...]

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The San Antonio Spurs were tired of watching the Lakers, Mavericks and Suns all make trades and improve their teams so the Spurs got in to the action adding big man Kurt Thomas. San Antonio sends the Seattle SuperSonics Brent Barry, Francisco Elton and a 2009 draft pick in exchange for Kurt Thomas. Yesterday the Dallas Mavericks acquired Jason Kidd while previously over the last few weeks th [...]

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