NBA Picks: Nets vs. Lakers NBA Odds – November 29, 2009: The worst team in the league gets set to take on the best tonight, as the (0-16) New Jersey Nets [+14½] travel to Southern California to take on the defending champion (12-3) Los Angeles Lakers [-14½]. This lopsided NBA Picks game has a scheduled opening kickoff slated for 9:30 PM ET and you can catch all the high-flying action on FSW and/or YES.
The Lakers come into this game sitting in second place in the Pacific division, while the winless Nets sit at the cellar of the Atlantic. According to NBA Odds makers at SportsBook.com, the OVER/UNDER for this Nets vs.
Lakers November 29, 2009 contest has been set at a combined total of 193½ points scored tonight.
For the visiting Nets, they have now fired the longest-tenured coach in the Eastern Conference, Lawrence Frank. Furthermore tonight against the Lakers, they’re now on the verge of matching the worst start in NBA history.
"We have to come out with the same type of intensity we had in the second half no matter if it's the Lakers or the Knicks," guard Devin Harris said. "Yeah, they're the defending champions, but they can be beat. If we give the effort we need to, we'll keep ourselves in the game."
For the Lakers, they’re firing on all cylinders since the return of Pau Gasol. The Lake Show enters tonight’s contest winners of 5 in a row and are 8-2 over their last 10 games. "Pau's just being Pau," said Kobe Bryant. "He's one of the best in the game. We missed that."
Nevertheless, a team that’s this good always has to worry about the motivational factor against a team that certain to come out desperate for a win. LA is coming off an intense performance against interstate rivals, Golden State Warriors, where they dismantled them 130-97. Seven players scored in double-figures in that game, led by Gasol’s 22.
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