{"id":6354,"date":"2009-11-12T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nba-handicapping-suns-vs-lakers\/"},"modified":"2009-11-12T10:01:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-12T15:01:00","slug":"nba-handicapping-suns-vs-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nba-handicapping-suns-vs-lakers\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Handicapping: Suns vs Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at STAPLES<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 7\u00bd-point favorites versus the Suns, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Eight players reached double figures as the Suns ran over the Hornets 124-104 on Wednesday. The Suns covered the 6.5-point spread, and the combined score made it OVER the posted total of 218. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Amare Stoudemire led the Suns with 21 points, while Channing Frye added 13 points and six rebounds. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Lakers defeated New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 104-88 as a 6.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (197.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kobe Bryant netted a game-high 28 points for the Lakers and Shannon Brown added 15 points in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 straight games.
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 8-1 SU, 7-2 ATS
Los Angeles: 6-1 SU, 2-5 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Phoenix most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Toronto are 6-4
After playing New Orleans are 7-3
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 8-2
Before playing Denver are 8-2
After playing New Orleans are 8-2
After a win are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Phoenix is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games
Phoenix is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Phoenix is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Phoenix’s last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers
LA Lakers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games
LA Lakers are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of the LA Lakers last 12 games at home
LA Lakers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Phoenix<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 15
LA Lakers at Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, November 13<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at STAPLES Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 7\u00bd-point favorites versus the Suns, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Eight players reached double figures as the Suns ran … Continue reading NBA Handicapping: Suns vs Lakers<\/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-6354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6354","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=6354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}