Game: Los Angeles Lakers at New Orleans Hornets (Thursday 12/30 2:00 CET)
This might be the squarest play through entire card of all American sports, however I really doubt this one won't hit. The Lakers are in huge slump, losing last three in a row and however opponents were solid (besides Bucks, who're average), style os these losses was bad and that's why the spread is looking like that. Actually -3.0 is a short one, no matter the fact they're on the road with such form. Firstly, they're the champions and no matter if they're tanking a little bit in the regular season or not, they're definitely fired up in here and really need a statement performance after being crushed by both Heat and Spurs. Hornets are solid only on the paper because actually this team is very average and although they started season in great fashion, it was a total fluke. I won't be surprised if they miss play-offs after all because besides Paul, no one is playing good basketball. And Chris will be starting to be unmotivated with this crew, especially that he's already wanted to leave the team. Both Bryant and Jackson are experienced and definitely know that Lakers have to win the game and come back team chemistry. The form won't matter, class will prevail. Hornets are coming off a loss against Timberwolves, earlier lost to Pacers and Pistons so their form is as bad as Lakers, while no one is mentioning that fact, looking just on the Lakers. Between these two teams is big quality gap, so with both being out-of-form, I'm taking guests in here and expect a cruising mode for the Lakers.
Pick: 1 unit on Los Angeles Lakers -3.0 @ 1.926
This might be the squarest play through entire card of all American sports, however I really doubt this one won't hit. The Lakers are in huge slump, losing last three in a row and however opponents were solid (besides Bucks, who're average), style os these losses was bad and that's why the spread is looking like that. Actually -3.0 is a short one, no matter the fact they're on the road with such form. Firstly, they're the champions and no matter if they're tanking a little bit in the regular season or not, they're definitely fired up in here and really need a statement performance after being crushed by both Heat and Spurs. Hornets are solid only on the paper because actually this team is very average and although they started season in great fashion, it was a total fluke. I won't be surprised if they miss play-offs after all because besides Paul, no one is playing good basketball. And Chris will be starting to be unmotivated with this crew, especially that he's already wanted to leave the team. Both Bryant and Jackson are experienced and definitely know that Lakers have to win the game and come back team chemistry. The form won't matter, class will prevail. Hornets are coming off a loss against Timberwolves, earlier lost to Pacers and Pistons so their form is as bad as Lakers, while no one is mentioning that fact, looking just on the Lakers. Between these two teams is big quality gap, so with both being out-of-form, I'm taking guests in here and expect a cruising mode for the Lakers.
Pick: 1 unit on Los Angeles Lakers -3.0 @ 1.926
712) New Orleans HornetsRisk US$ 2000.00 to win US$ 1212.12