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The Oklahoma City Thunder play the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday at the
Staples Center for Game One of Round One of the Western Conference Finals.
Tip off is 3:00 ET on ABC.
Odds makers opened the line with the Lakers as eight point favorites. The
total was set at 196.5. The spread and the total have both since been bet
down one-half point.
As expected, the Lakers are heading into the playoffs with strong season
numbers. Kobe Bryant is putting up 27 points per game along with five
assists, and 1.5 steals while averaging 38.8 minutes of play. Pau Gasol
continues to lead the team in rebounds with a season average 11 per game
and blocks having averaged 1.7 per game.
The road to the playoffs hasn’t come without injuries for Los Angeles.
Sasha Vujacic was confirmed to have a sprained ankle last Thursday and will not
be playing in the opening round against Oklahoma City. Vujacic has played 67
games this season, averaging 8.6 minutes of play and has shot 40.2% from the
field including hitting 30.9% of his three point attempts. Kobe Bryant has
missed time due to a finger injury. Andrew Bynum, who missed 13 games
because of an Achilles injury, is noted to have made a full recovery and
will be 100% for Sunday.
Tough the Thunder have made a turn around from the 2008-2009 season, they
haven’t found a way to stay with the Lakers. Oklahoma City is 1-12 in
their last 13 when playing Los Angeles.
Oklahoma City has had a challenging season in a very competitive Northwest
division. The Thunder (50-32) finished tied with Portland at three games
behind Denver and Utah (53-29).
Odds makers have had a difficult time with the Thunder’s point spreads.
They are 48-34 at the spread, which is nearly the opposite of the Lakers at the
spread record of 33-46-3. Similarly, both teams are averaging shy of 102
points per game.
Thunder guard Kevin Durant leads his team with 30.1 points per game with
7.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals. Additionally, Thunder point guard Russell
Westbrook accounts for many of Oklahoma City’s points. Westbrook has averaged 16.1
points per game this season. He has scored 20 or more points in two of his
last five games.
The Lakers are 1-7 favorites to win the series. According to line movement, the public has shown a slight betting tendency favoring a six game series.
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