{"id":3585,"date":"2009-02-24T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/lakers-thunder-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-24T11:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T16:05:00","slug":"lakers-thunder-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/lakers-thunder-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers-Thunder Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Los Angeles Lakers and the Oklahoma City Thunder will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Ford<\/st2:PlaceName> Center<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 8-point favorites versus the Thunder, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Lakers defeated Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> 111-108 as a 9.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over\/under total (219). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 28 points, six rebounds and seven assists, while Lamar<\/st1:GivenName> Odom<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> scored 25 points to go along with 14 rebounds in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Thunder fell 133-120 to the Warriors last time out, as a 7.5-point underdog. The 253 points sailed OVER the posted total of 229.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kevin<\/st1:GivenName> Durant<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> poured in a game-high 32 points, while Russell<\/st1:GivenName> Westbrook<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> netted 31. Jeff<\/st1:GivenName> Green<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> finished with a double-double, tossing in 27 points to go with 15 rebounds in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 4 straight games.
Oklahoma City<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 46-10 SU, 28-27-1 ATS
Oklahoma City: 13-43 SU, 33-23 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing Phoenix are 5-5
After playing Minnesota are 6-4
After a win are 9-1<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing Dallas are 2-8
After playing Golden State are 3-7
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
LA Lakers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Oklahoma City
LA Lakers are 11-1 SU in their last 12 games
LA Lakers are 9-1 SU in their last 10 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 10 of the LA Lakers last 12 games on the road
Oklahoma City is 13-3 ATS in its last 16 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oklahoma City’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Oklahoma City’s last 11 games when playing at home against LA Lakers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oklahoma City’s last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
LA Lakers home to Phoenix<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Thursday, February 26
Oklahoma City<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at Dallas<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Friday, February 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Los Angeles Lakers and the Oklahoma City Thunder will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Ford Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 8-point favorites versus the Thunder, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Lakers defeated Minnesota 111-108 as a 9.5-point favorite on … Continue reading Lakers-Thunder Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/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-3585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585","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=3585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}