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I looked at it and when Thunder manages to have an advantage then the odd becomes low so it makes hesitate to bet it because if win it will only give very small profit.
I was waiting for the Lakers to get things back together and have chance to win but it was all in vain, I didn't get anything from this match.

The Thunder victory was unexpected and they really played well, even SGA and J-Dub, who were the players with the biggest contribution to the Thunder victory, could not be broken by the Lakers players when the two players shot.
This was game that surprised me because the Lakers experienced almost the same defeat again when they were beaten by the 76ers.

Yes, looking at how the two team played this season, the Lakers could still be expected to win and look good, but the result was that they lost to the Thunder by absolute points.

Almost all of the Thunder players were able to work well in turning the situation around.
In fact they all looked very good at attacking to be able to create shots that could actually legitimately produce points, the Lakers were so far behind that they even seemed to have difficulty keeping up with the Thunder game.
At the start, I hoped that the Lakers would have chance to win and dared to bet on them, but when I saw what actually happened, this desire failed even when I wanted to use the Thunder as favorites Odds changed significantly.

On paper it was interesting but the result isn't.

Thunder just demolished the Lakers with a 133-110 win, Lakers is good defensively but it was the Thunders offense that cannot be stop. Although they are a young team but it's very evident how good their chemistry is, so it's not suprising that they beat the LA with the huge margin.

I hope you ddin't pull the trigger on that game, I mean betting on the Lakers is a mistake.

Looks like lots of bettors fall into the trap of Lakers game. They were +5 in the game, had a good start but weren't able to come back after a big run by the OKC in the 2nd quarter. OKC still remains a team that you can rely to cover the spread, and SGA always maintain a good shooting percentage, he had 33 in this game from 11 of 18 shooting.

For today's 9 NBA games my pick is Cavs over Blazers, Knicks over Pistons, Heat over Pacers, Nets over Hornets, Timberwolves over Jazz, Thunder over Lakers, Bucks over Bulls, Hawks over Spurs, Clippers over Warriors.

I've mostly chosen home teams except for the last three games: Bucks, Hawks, and Clippers.

2/3 again.
Orlando Magic covered the spreads, Lakers covered it too by a lot. But the Phoenix Suns were defeated by the Raptors. I guess the travel affected them. KD did 30 points but when you watch the game, he is playing like he is off night. 11/30 field goals, 2/8 in distance shots, and one of them is a crucial shot that he didn't sink in. Also a rough night for Devin Booker, with 2/12 field goals, and 0/5 in distance shots, and he played 32 minutes. Ouch! They managed to keep it close thanks to the offensive rebounds of Nurkic and Okogie, they are not known for 2nd chance shots and yet that happened.

Later, 9 games.
Cleveland Cavaliers - Portland Trail Blazers - Cleveland Cavaliers (-10.5)

Miami Heat - Indiana Pacers - Miami Heat (-1.5)

San Antonio Spurs - Atlanta Hawks - Atlanta Hawks (-5.5)

Minnesota Timberwolves - Utah Jazz - Minnesota Timberwolves (-10.5)

Good luck everyone.

You gotta bet on the team that you believe will win. If Lakers are to win, you'll be winning with a very attractive moneyline odds.

As per the betting lines now, Lakers is +5.5 which looks very attractive since Lakers having Lebron is a popular team, and although this is a back to back game for them but that was a big win so I'm sure they didn't exert much effort here. On their win against the Pistons, Lebron and AD played less than 30 minutes, so they aren't too exhausted coming to this game against OKC.

I'm liking how the bookies have set up the line as it's almost look like a trap if you don't look at the stats of the OKC.

As for their record against the spread, they are 12-4-1 or 75% average in covering their spread. So either you choose to follow the stats or you follow which is the popular team.

Lakers will play tomorrow against the Thunder and it looks like this will be an interesting match because the two teams, if we look at their performance, are almost equal.
But previously, in the last two matches, Thunder experienced different defeats from the Lakers, who in the last two matches still had yesterday victory when they met the Pistons and their defeat when they met the 76ers and this was defeat by very large difference.

There is still hope for the Lakers to win the game against the Thunder tomorrow and we will see if D'Lo is able to have more points and make big contribution to the Lakers.

We haven't seen D'Lo scored big points for awhile now, he stick with his average production which is 17PPG, so it's quite surprising as he is no longer a good contributor for the team. Maybe he would get his confidence back, scoring at least 20 points per game would already be a big help for the Lakers to improve this season. As we all know, it's always AD and Lebron who's been carrying this team, so they could be tired also, time for players like him to step up to lessen the burden of the two.

Yes, and again, it's the homecourt advantage of the Raptors here that's why they played very good against the Suns. There are a lot of good defender from the Raptors that can shut down Booker, plus as you have said they are very tired from traveling so fatigue is definitely a big factor from their lost.

We bet on the Lakers though? They make a good comeback win against a low team in Pistons. But at least they will have to get this W to bring back their confidence. D'Lo broke for 35 points and almost got a double double with 9 assists.

I can't believe Booker could only score 8 points. He's a start who always bring at least 20 points per game but this game it looks like he was lock down by the defense of the Raptors. But then, I think it's justifiable though as they were travelling and winning games, possibly the fatigue factor for Booker took a hit on him that game, you can never tell though.

The result of my bet and prediction for the NBA game today

Detroit Pistons VS Los Angeles Lakers SCORE 107 - 133 - WIN

It was a dominant game for the Los Angeles Lakers and as I expected because LeBron James and Anthony Davis played in this game even though they got a limited amount of 29 minutes of play for sure the Lakers have busted the Pistons' D'Angelo Russell is stable in this game and pretty sure he got a great time with this game for this game LeBron James got 25 points, Anthony Davis has a double-double of 16 rebounds and 28 points, and D'Angelo Russell got 35 points,

Orlando Magic VS Washington Wizards SCORE 120 - 139 - WIN
 
from start to finish the Orlando Magic has done a great job and they never give the lead to the Washington Wizards actually I am really doubting Kyle Kuzma and against the Orlando Magic he was negated to just 23 points even though Deni Avdija helped or Jordan Poole the Orlando Magic got a great main player that is Franz Wagner, with 31 points,  Cole Anthony with 25 points and Jalen Suggs with 22 points,

Toronto Raptors VS Phoenix Suns SCORE 112 - 105 - LOST

This was a closer game but the Toronto Raptors eventually got the lead at the end of the 1st half Devin Booker was not in good condition right now but the coach still let him take the 32 minutes of game time, which is not a great thing even though Kevin Durant scored 30 points it was not enough as it didn't cover the spread, and the Toronto Raptors Jakob Poeltl got 17 points, Precious Achiuwa has a double-double of 10 rebounds and 14 points, Pascal Siakam got 22 points and Scottie Barnes got 23 points winning the game against the Phoenix Suns,

I was hoping the Suns winning streak continued but they let us both down tonight. Booker with only 8 points 5 rebounds and 5 assists kinda hurt. KD was the only 1 with a decent game.

I also saw that desperate final shot and we're lucky it didn't go in because it could've been a backdoor cover.

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It's tempting to go for the bigger favorites like the Nuggets, Magic, or Lakers but i'm still scarred from what happened the other day. I switched my pick to the Suns since they've been on a good streak and should extend it even further if nothing goes wrong.

Threw together a 4 teamer for tonight.

Orlando ML- Prob should have taken the spread honestly as the Magic are 13-3-1 against the spread meaning they have covered 13 times. Pretty impressive.

Sac Kings ML feeling the upset vs the failing Clippers superstars

Phoenix ML Not ready to give points with the Suns just yet. Maybe if Beal gets back in the lineup healthy I would consider it, but I think ML or Toronto and the points is the play here.

Lakers -6.5 This game with AD and Lebron playing against a struggling Pistons team looks like it should be an easy cover, but as we all know there is no easy cover.

Good luck to anyone betting tonights games.

Gordon, Jokic, and Murray are all game time decisions. If they're all playing then -8 is fine, but if they aren't your bet may be in trouble, gl either way.

Here are my bets and predictions for the games today in the NBA

Detroit Pistons VS Los Angeles Lakers

The stake odds for this game are 3.65 for the Pistons and 1.31 for the Lakers, and right now Joe Harris has a shoulder injury, Bojan Bogdanovic has a Calf injury, and Monte Morris has a Quadriceps injury, and all playing can not play for the Detroit Pistons, while LeBron James has a calf injury, Anthony Davis has a hip injury, Cam Reddish has a Groin injury, and all is questionable if they can play for the L.A. Lakers, Jarred Vanderbilt has a Heel injury, Rui Hachimura has a nose injury, and Gabe Vincent has a knee injury, and all these players can not play for the L.A. Lakers so for this game this would like can win by the Pistons but because some of their key players were out while for sure that Lebron James and Anthony Davis can play even with a limited time my pick is the Los Angeles Lakers,

Orlando Magic VS Washington Wizards

The stake odds for this game are 1.23 for the Magic and 4.30 for the Wizards, and right now Jonathan Isaac has an ankle injury and is questionable if he can play for the Orlando Magic, Wendell Carter Jr. has a finger injury and Markelle Fultz has a knee injury and both players can not play for the Orlando Magic, while Ryan Rollins has a knee injury Delon Wright also has a knee injury, and both can not play for the Washington Wizards, for this game the Orlando Magic key players are still intact, while the Wizards had a great game against the Pistons Lead by Kyle Kuzma, but for this game, Kuzma is inconsistent sometimes so my pick is the Orlando Magic,

Toronto Raptors VS Phoenix Suns

The stake odds for this game are 2.20 for the Raptors and 1.71 for the Suns, and right now Markquis Nowell has a Ribs injury and is questionable if he can play for the Toronto Raptors, Christian Koloko has an Illness and can not play for the Toronto Raptors while Kevin Durant has a Foot injury Grayson Allen has an Illness and both is questionable if they can play for the Phoenix Suns, Nassir Little has a personal problem, Bradley Beal has a back injury, and Damion Lee has a knee injury, and all can not play for the Phoenix Suns, for this game, the Toronto Raptors is not looking good with just 8 wins for this season and the Phoenix Suns got 11 wins right now and for sure those injuries for the Suns were nothing,

Congrats to us, but still very close game though, even without Butler, the Heat was able to stay very close and even take a lead entering the 4th quarter. So be honest, I was somewhat nervous with my bet as the lead is only 5 with just less than 20 seconds if I'm not mistaken.

But the find a open Giannis under the basket, and easy two points for a dunk so the lead is now 7, covering my spread.

However, someone attempted a 3 on the last possession of the Heat, and luckily it just bounce, so woah, big relieved for me. 

I will have to trust Wizards again tonight and hoping that they will be the ones who will end Orlando hot streak but I must stay it will be hard for them or almost impossible but the last game that they won should bring a big of more confidence in this Wizards team.

I also like Jazz chances tonight against Grizzlies and also Pelicans vs 76 ers is the type of game where I prefer Pelicans just because 76ers really love to swing between games with great and not so great performances...

Almost a perfect day again. 2/3.
Golden State Warriors had their chance to join the In-Season tournament by winning by 12 points. Their first half was great but as soon as players fell one by one, their second half got worse and the Sacramento Kings took advantage of it.
Gary Payton II got injured.
Chris Paul got injured too.
Andrew Wiggins was in foul trouble with 4 fouls in the 3rd quarter. What a waste because he had been hot everywhere on the floor.

Later, 7 games. Here are my first three early picks for the games later.
Detroit Pistons - Los Angeles Lakers - Los Angeles Lakers (-5.5)

Orlando Magic - Washington Wizards - Orlando Magic (-10.5)

Toronto Raptors - Phoenix Suns - Phoenix Suns (-1.5) KD is questionable so for those who don't trust the Suns then make your bets before the game.

Good luck everyone.