Free Play from Jack Jones Spurs/Lakers Under 207 The Los Angeles Lakers have opened their season with two high-scoring games against the Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors. That has inflated this total tonight as they take on the San Antonio Spurs, and Ill side with the UNDER because of it. According to my preseason defensive ratings, the Spurs will be the most efficient defensive team in the league this season. That was evident in the opener as they held the Grizzlies to 41.9 percent shooting in a 7-point victory. The Spurs and Lakers are very familiar with each other considering they played in the playoffs last season. Kobe Bryant was out for that series, and he remains out. It was a very low-scoring series as they combined for 170, 193, 209 and 185 points in a San Antonio sweep. Thats an average of 189.3 points per game, which is roughly 18 points less than tonights posted total of 207. The Lakers arent as bad defensively as what they showed against the Clippers and Warriors. They were tired playing the second of a back-to-back against the Warriors after beating the Clippers the previous night, which is the biggest reason they allowed 124 to Golden State. Off a poor performance on that end, and playing on national TV, I fully expect the Lakers to be much more into it defensively tonight. Los Angeles is 22-10 to the UNDER after allowing 100 or more points in two straight games over the last three seasons. The UNDER is 8-2 in Spurs last 10 road games vs. a team with a winning home record. The UNDER is 17-5-1 in Spurs last 23 road games overall. The UNDER is 19-7 in Lakers last 26 vs. a team with a winning record. The UNDER is 19-7 in the last 26 meetings in this series, including 10-3 in the last 13 meetings in Los Angeles. Bet the UNDER in this game Friday. Monitored by the Sports Watch Monitor
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:30:11 +0000