NBA Picks – Suns at Lakers: Thursday night's TNT nightcap has the Phoenix Suns traveling over to Los Angeles to play the Lakers at Staples Center with a 10:40 pm ET tip-off in an early season battle between NBA Western Conference powers.
The Lakers are 6-1 through their first seven games this season, but are just 2-5 vs. the numbers, because they've already won four games in which they couldn't cover as favorites. Last season LA took three of four games from Phoenix.
NBA picks oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com list the Lakers as 8-chalk favorites versus the Suns with a 221 total. Suns backers are getting +280 moneyline odds as the underdog while LA is giving -340 on the Sportsbook moneyline.
Eight players reached double figures as the Suns ran over the Hornets 124-104 on Wednesday. The Suns covered the 6.5-point spread, and the combined score made it OVER the posted total of 218. Amare Stoudemire led the Suns with 21 points, while Channing Frye added 13 points and six rebounds.
The Lakers defeated New Orleans 104-88 as a 6.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over/under total (197.5). Kobe Bryant netted a game-high 28 points for the Lakers and Shannon Brown added 15 points in the win.
NBA Picks: We like the Suns to cover as +8-chalk road dogs.
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