| Cleveland Cavaliers look for rare road win over Lakers |
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| Written by Tommy Watson | |||||||
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Thursday, 15 February 2007
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The Lakers (30-23) are favored over LeBron James and the visiting Cavaliers by a -7 point chalk with a total of 195 at most offshore sportsbooks including SportBet.com. The Cavaliers have been a strong team ATS over their last 10 games by covering eight for their backers and cashing in five straight. The UNDER has been the best bet in the last five games by cashing in 4-of-5. Cleveland has also won three of its last five games straight up. Los Angeles finds itself in a slump having lost four games SU and three of the last five ATS. The best bet over the past week has been in totals betting with the UNDER covering five of the last seven games. Bet on the Cavaliers vs Lakers at SportBet.com and receive a 50% signup bonus. The Lakers currently trail their season series with Cleveland 0-1 and have split the last two season series with Cleveland 1-1. This will be the 91st meeting between the two teams with the Lakers holding a 55-35 series lead. In their last 15 overall games, the Lakers are 11-4 against the Cavaliers but have lost 3-of-their-last-4 against Cleveland. The Lakers are 7-0 against the Cavaliers all-time at Staples Center, have won seven consecutive games against Cleveland in Los Angeles and are 8-2 in their last 10 home contests versus the Cavaliers. Under head coach Phil Jackson, the Lakers are 10-3 against Cleveland. In 19 games against Cleveland including 16 starts. Kobe Bryant is averaging 25.1 points per game, but in his last three games against the Cavaliers, however, Bryant has posted a 33.7 point per game average. In their most recent meeting at Staples Center, the Lakers defeated the Cavaliers 99-98 as Bryant scored the Lakers final six points on three long jumpers including the go-ahead shot with 8.6 seconds remaining, finishing with 28 points. |
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The Cleveland Cavaliers (30-22) have not won on the Los Angeles Lakers home court in over nine years and would like to do just that tonight as both teams meet at the Staples Center in Los Angeles with tip-off at 10:30 p.m. EST before heading into the all-star break.





















