{"id":2793,"date":"2008-11-23T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/kings-lakers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-23T10:51:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-23T15:51:00","slug":"kings-lakers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/kings-lakers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings-Lakers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The division rival Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Lakers are set to renew hostilities on Sunday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>STAPLES<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 16-point favorites versus the Kings, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Kings lost 117-96 to the Trail Blazers on Friday, as 4.5-point underdogs. The Trail Blazers covered th 4.5-point spread, and the 213 points sailed OVER the posted total of 198. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jason Thompson shot 6-for-9 from the field with 19 points and 12 rebounds for a double-double in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kobe Bryant poured in a game-high 29 points on Friday, as the Lakers ran over the Nuggets 104-90 on Friday. The Lakers covered the 8.5-point spread, while the 194 points fell UNDER the posted total of 205.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Bryant shot 12-for-18 from the field with four rebounds, and Andrew Bynum had 13 points with 13 rebounds for a double-double. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Sacramento<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 5-9 SU, 7-7 ATS <br \/>Los Angeles: 10-1 SU, 8-3 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Sacramento most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Portland are 4-6<br \/>After playing Portland are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing New Jersey are 6-4<br \/>After playing Denver are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 8-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Sacramento&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Sacramento&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Sacramento&#8217;s last 8 games when playing LA Lakers<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Sacramento&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>LA Lakers are 21-2 SU in their last 23 games at home<br \/>LA Lakers are 10-1 SU in their last 11 games <br \/>LA Lakers are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games when playing Sacramento<br \/>LA Lakers are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing Sacramento<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Sacramento<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, November 24<br \/>LA Lakers home to <st1:State><st1:place>New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, November 25<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The division rival Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Lakers are set to renew hostilities on Sunday when they meet at STAPLES Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 16-point favorites versus the Kings, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Kings lost 117-96 to the Trail Blazers on Friday, as 4.5-point &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/kings-lakers-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kings-Lakers Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}