A Guide For The Lakers Game 5?

[TylerDurden]

This game reminds me a ton of game 5 in the Lakers/Thunder game 5. Lakers dominated games 1 and 2 in that series as well, lost the next two on the road (and really struggled quite frankly). Everyone was talking about how Durant was unstoppable and Westbrooke couldn't be kept out of the pain, and really jumped off the laker bandwagon. They returned home in game 5, jumped out to an early lead and covered the -6 line quite easily.

I'm not saying lakers are or are not the play here, just wondering if what people's thoughts are on if they think we can expect something similar and use this game as a road map for our betting strategy in this game 5, as I see the situations being very similar:

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I see the only real difference being that the suns are deeper, but we all know they're bench is nowhere near on the road what it is at home. Curious to hear peoples thoughts so long as they are constructive.

[suicidekings]

I think the major difference is that the Thunder won games based on strong individual performances, whereas the Suns have been succeeding more as a result of a strong team dynamic - everybody scores, everybody plays defense. The Lakers can't just put Artest on the Suns best shooter and change the dynamic of the game like they could with Durant.

[Goat Milk]

[Slim]

Kobe will hold it down.

[TylerDurden]

I'm not sure if you're agreeing with the suicidekings or saying the game will be similar to the thunder game5?

Kobe will hold it down.

I can promise you Kobe is not the problem for the lakers games 3 and 4...look at his stats. I do know he was not a very happy man in those post-game interviews so we can expect him to continue his solid play.

[Masu485]

i wanna play suns on the spread, but feel lakers may take this by a lot. no way suns keep hitting all those 3s. dammit, maybe the least likely thing will happen and suns will win SU. you just never freaking know...