Lakers at Pistons and Bulls at Kings
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Los Angeles Lakers (30-19) at Detroit Pistons (29-18)
8:05 pm Eastern
TNT
SBG Global Opening Line: Pistons - 5
The Los Angeles Lakers continue their season-high eight-game road trip tonight when they take on the Pistons in Detroit. Los Angeles is 3-2 on this road trip and is coming off a 90-83 over Atlanta on Monday. Kobe Bryant scored 11 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter for the Lakers. Los Angeles will try to end their road losing streak at Detroit where they have not won in over four years. Although the Lakers are riding high right now, the gambling public is not sure if they can continue in Detroit with money split on the decision at SBG Global.
The Lakers are 11-13 overall on the road this season. Tonight’s game will be the final meeting between the two teams this season unless they meet in the Finals. The last meeting between the two teams was in November when Detroit won 97-83. Tayshaun Prince scored 31 points for Detroit in that victory.
The Pistons are coming off a lackluster 109-102 victory over Boston on Tuesday. The Pistons nearly blew a 24-point fourth quarter lead. They held on though and now look for their fifth straight win tonight against the Lakers. "Your main guys should have the opportunity to sit down and ice in the fourth quarter of a game like that," coach Flip Saunders said. "We had to bring those guys back with five minutes left to make sure we won the thing."
Chauncey Billups led the Pistons with 24 points and seven assists, while Chris Webber added 17 points, six rebounds, six assists and four steals.
Detroit is a 4.5 point favorite with a total of 194 at SBG Global.
The Lakers are 13-4 ATS in their last 17 games as an underdog. The Lakers are 9-3 ATS in their last 12 road games vs. a team with a winning home record. The Lakers are 10-4 ATS in their last 14 games as a road underdog.
The Lakers are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games playing on 2 days of rest. The underdog is 7-3-1 ATS in the last 11 meetings between the two teams but the Lakers are 1-6 ATS in the last 7 meetings in Detroit.
The Pistons are 7-15 ATS in their last 22 games as a favorite. The Pistons are 3-10 ATS in their last 13 games playing on 1 day of rest. The Pistons are 2-9 ATS in their last 11 games as a home favorite. The Pistons are 2-10 ATS in their last 12 home games overall.
The Under is 7-1 in the Lakers last 8 vs. the Central. The Over is 16-5 in the Lakers last 21 Thursday games. The Under is 6-2 in the Lakers last 8 games as an underdog. The Under is 4-1 in the Pistons last 5 vs. the Pacific. The Under is 4-1 in the Pistons last 5 games as a home favorite. The Over is 4-1-1 in the last 6 meetings and the Over is 6-2-1 in the last 9 meetings in Detroit.
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Chicago Bulls (28-21) at Sacramento Kings (20-26)
10:35 pm Eastern
TNT
SBG Global Opening Line: Kings – 2.5
The Chicago Bulls will try and do something tonight they rarely do, beat the Sacramento Kings. The Kings have won 14 of the last 15 meetings with the Bulls including the last 7 in Sacramento. The Bulls haven’t won in Sacramento in over 9 years. The gambling public however, thinks the Bulls will break the cycle tonight with SBG Global reporting an unusual amount of money on the Bulls money line standing at +110.
The Kings have won three straight overall and are playing as well as they have all season. A victory tonight would be the Kings' fourth in a row, equaling their season-best win streak. Ron Artest scored 20 points and had 9 assists on Monday in a 105-99 win over New Orleans. "We come in here every day already focused on the standings," Kings forward Kevin Martin said.
"These past three games that we have won we knew were crucial because they were all teams that are in front of us in our conference. We feel like they are 2-for-1 games." Artest has averaged 21.7 points, 7.7 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 3.3 steals in the last three games. Mike Bibby had 19 points in the win over New Orleans. Bibby has averaged 24.4 points in the last five games against the Bulls. He had 23 points in an 89-88 win at Chicago on November 3rd. Martin had 30 points in that game.
Sacramento is a 2 point favorite with a total of 196.5 at SBG Global.
Chicago is coming off a 100-95 loss at Utah on Monday. Chicago was without Andres Nocioni, who is likely to be out for some time. "He's been playing hurt, and we don't want to have him continue playing hurt the rest of the year," coach Scott Skiles said. "We want to bring it to an end." Nocioni, was averaging 15 points per game. The Bulls are 2-2 on their seven-game road trip. The Bulls are 8-15 away from home this season.
The Bulls are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games as an underdog. The Bulls are 5-16-1 ATS in their last 22 road games. The Bulls are 3-13 ATS in their last 16 vs. the Pacific. The Bulls are 0-7 ATS in their last 7 games as a road underdog. The road team is 6-2 ATS in the last 8 meetings between the two teams and the underdog is 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
The Kings are 4-12-1 ATS in their last 17 games overall. The Kings are 2-8-1 ATS in their last 11 games as a favorite. The Kings are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 vs. the Central. The Kings are 1-6-1 ATS in their last 8 games as a home favorite. The Kings are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 vs. the Eastern Conference. The Kings are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 Thursday games.
The Under is 4-1 in the Bulls last 5 vs. the Pacific. The Under is 9-4-1 in the Bulls last 14 vs. the Western Conference. The Under is 5-1 in the Kings last 6 vs. the Eastern Conference. The Over is 7-2 in the Kings last 9 games as a home favorite.
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