LA Lakers vs Atlanta Hawks NBA Basketball Odds March 8, 2011: After making a mammoth statement by demolishing the team with the best record in the league in their own building, the defending world champion (45-19) Los Angeles Lakers [-4½] travel to the ATL to take on the NBA Betting Odds underdog (37-26) Atlanta Hawks [+4½] tonight.
Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA, will be the site for this exciting matchup, which has a scheduled opening tipoff slated for 7 PM ET and it’ll be broadcasted live on SPSO and KCAL-LAL. According to NBA Picks experts doing this game, t
he LA Lakers and the Atlanta Hawks are expected to combine and score an OVER/UNDER total of 184 points at night’s end.
The Lakers come into this game sizzling after the All-Star break, winning seven games in a row, including a 99-83 destruction of the San Antonio Spurs Sunday night. Los Angeles went into this year’s mid-season break after suffering one its most disappointing loss to of the season to the lowly Cleveland Cavaliers. However, Kobe Bryant’s Most Valuable Player performance during the All-Star game appears to have kick-started this team.
Understanding how important going into the playoffs momentum is, the Black Mamba & Co. hope to continue their high-level of play, as the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks still await them the ultra-tough road-trip they’re currently on. Winning this game is going to be critical in how the Purple and Gold feel when they return home to the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, where the champs will close out the season playing 11 of their last 15 games in the regular season.
I certainly like the Lakers to defeat the Hawks in tonight’s game by more than five points, that's my NBA Predictions for this one. However, the big question will be: which Lakers team will show up tonight: the one that plays down to the level of their competition or the one that obliterated the San Antonio Spurs in a place where they had been unbeatable all season long?
