I bet on lakers and I am a fish!

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Only me that was an idiot bet on Lakers today? I really believed in Lakers saw them playing great on live streaming in their last 3 home games. So why was the line +8.5 home against Portland I thought..........

But perhaps some people can look in the future better than me because the line was crazy bad on portland -8.5. From my view the correct line should have been +5 or +5.5 on Lakers not +8.5. But you know what. They are always right and I am the fish buying bad lines (and lose).

03/30/2014	LAL	115	PHO	99	W	9½	W	225	U
03/25/2014	LAL	127	NY	96	W	7½	W	217	O
03/23/2014	LAL	103	ORL	94	W

Here is the result.

Portland(49-27)	29	34	28	33	124
L.A. Lakers(25-49)	27	34	22	29	112

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I know Portland is better team than 3 above teams but anyway Knicks and Phoenix was ouplayed by this Lakers team....today Lakers shot was not that good anymore. How could people know that?

Was it because Lakers beat Portland away? I am very confused on this spread and why I always got the worst scenario when I bet on lines I believe is great. (Not the first time I bet on lines that looks very good and lose)

[thetitanlb]

People are now underrated on the blazers because of how they had been playing without aldridge. But with aldridge the blazers are a very powerful force.

[farmhouse1]

Well there's 2 all stars on the blazers & how many do the lakers have??

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So. I bet on form....Perhaps I shouldn´t? Portland has good form as well so I expected a close game and took the points. Hope you people understand my point.

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thetitanlb
Thanks for this update on Aldridge. The strange thing I often noticed many teams playing worse with their stars but in this case you are probably right. Aldridge seems to make this Portland team much better. But why was Lakers not scoring more? Say at least 116 points so they have covered the spread then.

[thetitanlb]

Well the lakers actually scored over there team total points. If you woulda bet that then you woulda won. Lakers are a good offense bust just a worse defense and the blazers abused that tonight. No way a dude like ryan kelly can guard lamarcus aldridge.

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thetitanlb
Thanks again. This gives me at least good reasons why the line was -8.5 on Portland. Then it was correct and I was the fish that I thought. Goodnight dude.

[farmhouse1]

Yeah portland has been playing better defensively lately also.