NBA Picks: Lakers vs Spurs NBA Odds – January 12, 2010: Looking to avoid losing four road games in a row for the first time in almost three years, the World Champion (29-8) Los Angeles Lakers [+3] visit the sports betting odds favorite (22-13) San Antonio Spurs [-3] tonight. This Western Conference showdown is scheduled to tipoff at 8:40 PM ET live from AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas on NBA TV.
This will be the first of four meetings between the Lakers and Spurs, and it could easily also be a preview of this year’s NBA Playoffs. According to NBA Odds makers at SPORTSBOOK.com, the OVER/UNDER between Los Angeles and San Antonio has been set at a combined total of 192½ points.
For the visitors, they come into this contest with the best record in the league and easily leading the Pacific Division. Nevertheless, the Purple and Gold must beat the odds in order to avoid its first four-game, road-losing streak since March of 2007. "We've lost a couple on the road now," Lakers head coach Phil Jackson said after Monday's practice. "We have to figure out some of the things we have to do."
For the Spurs, the gameplan is always the same. Know where Kobe Bryant is at all times is the key defensively, even as banged up as he is right now. "The type of player (Bryant) is, he's going to come out strong and definitely do better than he did last game," Keith Bogans said Monday. "I hope my teammates help me out, because he's almost impossible to stop 1-on-1."
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