{"id":4381,"date":"2009-05-08T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/lakers-rockets-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-08T07:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T12:15:00","slug":"lakers-rockets-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/lakers-rockets-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers-Rockets Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Toyota<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in the third game of their second-round playoff series. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Rockets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kobe Bryant dropped a game-high 40 points in leading the Lakers over the Rockets 111-98 in Game 2 on Wednesday night and tying up the series 1-1. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Lakers managed to cover the 10-point spread, and the combined score made it OVER the posted total of 194. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Bryant<\/st2:GivenName> shot 16-for-27 from the field with six rebounds, while Pau Gasol added a double-double with 22 points and 14 rebounds. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ron<\/st2:GivenName> Artest<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the Rockets with 25 points and dished out five assists. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 65-17 SU, 42-39-1 ATS
Houston: 53-29 SU, 40-41-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Houston are 4-6
After playing Houston are 9-1
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

Houston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 8-2
Before playing LA Lakers are 8-2
After playing LA Lakers are 6-4
After a loss are 9-1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
LA Lakers are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games when playing Houston
LA Lakers are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of the LA Lakers last 5 games
LA Lakers are 12-3 SU in their last 15 games
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston’s last 6 games
Houston is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
LA Lakers at Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Sunday, May 10
Houston<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to LA Lakers, Sunday, May 10<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Toyota Center in the third game of their second-round playoff series. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Rockets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Kobe Bryant … Continue reading Lakers-Rockets 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-4381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4381","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=4381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}