PREMIUM
Free Pick
(NBA) Toronto vs. LA Lakers,
11/30/2014 4:30 PM, Score: 122 - 129
Point Spread: 6.50 | -105.00 LA Lakers (Home)
Result: Win
Point Spread: 6.50 | -105.00 LA Lakers (Home)
Result: Win
This is a Free #NBA play on the #Lakers.
When the Lakers host the Raptors on Sunday night, we'll see the top team in the East take on the last place team in the West. The Lakers have lost five straight at home, but each of their last three were in close games decided by six points or less.
Kobe and the Lakers could be catching the Raptors at a good time, with Toronto traveling all the way across the country to play it's first game of a three game road trip out West. Toronto will be without leading scorer DeMar DeRozan, who is out indefinitely with a torn tendon.
The 25 year old Los Angeles native was 0-for-8 through 20 minutes in the loss to Dallas, leaving in the 3rd quarter with an apparent groin injury. The news that he will miss an extended period of time, is a big blow for a Toronto team than many feel has been overachieving. They will likely need Terrence Ross and James Jones to step up, but neither player is likely to give them the 20 points per game that DeRozan has the last few seasons.
Kobe Bryant is taking a lot of heat for his poor shooting percentage, but he still leads the league in scoring. He has a history of scoring a ton of points against the Raptors, and it was against Toronto on a Sunday night at Staples Center that he scored a career high 81 points.
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in their last five meetings with the Lakers, but they were the underdog in all four of those games when covering the spread. The one game that saw them favored, the would lose outright, and that was the last time these teams met in January of last season.
Take LAL.
GL,
Jesse Schule
When the Lakers host the Raptors on Sunday night, we'll see the top team in the East take on the last place team in the West. The Lakers have lost five straight at home, but each of their last three were in close games decided by six points or less.
Kobe and the Lakers could be catching the Raptors at a good time, with Toronto traveling all the way across the country to play it's first game of a three game road trip out West. Toronto will be without leading scorer DeMar DeRozan, who is out indefinitely with a torn tendon.
The 25 year old Los Angeles native was 0-for-8 through 20 minutes in the loss to Dallas, leaving in the 3rd quarter with an apparent groin injury. The news that he will miss an extended period of time, is a big blow for a Toronto team than many feel has been overachieving. They will likely need Terrence Ross and James Jones to step up, but neither player is likely to give them the 20 points per game that DeRozan has the last few seasons.
Kobe Bryant is taking a lot of heat for his poor shooting percentage, but he still leads the league in scoring. He has a history of scoring a ton of points against the Raptors, and it was against Toronto on a Sunday night at Staples Center that he scored a career high 81 points.
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in their last five meetings with the Lakers, but they were the underdog in all four of those games when covering the spread. The one game that saw them favored, the would lose outright, and that was the last time these teams met in January of last season.
Take LAL.
GL,
Jesse Schule
