Sixers at Lakers NBA Picks: The Western Conference leaders, Los Angeles Lakers (43-15), return home to Staples Center in Los Angeles to take on the Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers with tip off set for 10:30 pm Eastern. Playing his first game at Staples Center in three weeks, Kobe Bryant will try to help the Lakers avoid back-to-back home losses for the first time in two seasons.
NBA Picks oddsmakers at online super-sportsbook BetUS.com list the Lakers as 10 1/2-chalk favorites versus the Sixers with a 199 total. Philadelphia backers are getting +475 odds on the BetUS moneyline while LA is giving -650.After winning their previous three home matchups with Philadelphia (22-35) by an average of 22.3 points, the Lakers fell 94-93 to the Sixers on March 17. Andre Iguodala hit the winning 3-pointer as time expired to cap a comeback from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit and snap the Lakers' seven-game home win streak.
Iguodala leads Philadelphia with 17.3 points per game and averaged 21.3 in his last four. He had eight points in a 99-91 loss to the Lakers on Jan. 29.
Early betting trends show 87 per cent of gamblers playing the Lakers on the moneyline while only 51 per cent favor LA on the -10 1/2 side. Gamblers prefer the UNDER to fall below the posted 199 total.
NBA Picks: Giving 10 1/2 points, even to the Sixers, is too much to give. We like Philadelphia getting 10 1/2.
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