San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Lakers
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The Rodeo Road Trip continues for the San Antonio Spurs (29-20, 24-24-1 ATS) as they pay a visit to the Staples Center in an NBA betting affair with the Los Angeles Lakers (39-13, 23-27-2 ATS). The Spurs are already 2-1 SU on this eight-game roadie, but they logged their first win against the basketball point spreads on Saturday against the Clippers with a 98-81 victory. Without the services of G Kobe Bryant, the Lakers bounced the Blazers 99-82 on Saturday as 3.5-point choices of the oddsmakers.

San Antonio continues to look like a mortal team, and HC Gregg Popovich has to wonder whether his team is good enough to reach the postseason when it’s all said and done. Winning games like this one against the Lakers seems to be necessary at some point. G George Hill is coming off of a 22-point performance against the Clippers, and he is averaging 17.1 points per game in his L/10. Perhaps Hill could be the long-term compliment to F Tim Duncan, who is one of just two players on this team that is scoring more than 13 points per game (Tony Parker, 16.8 PPG). Duncan is putting up a double-double on a nightly basis, scoring 19.5 points and hauling in 10.7 boards per contest.

Not only were the Lakers without Bryant on Saturday, but they also lost C Andrew Bynum in the first quarter after he scored just three points. Neither Bryant nor Bynum is a certainty for the San Antonio game, which means both Fs Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol are going to need to be dominant for the hosts to be victorious. Odom tore down 22 rebounds against the Blazers and came just four assists shy of a triple-double. Gasol went for 13 points and eight rebounds, and he is averaging 16.9 points and 10.7 rebounds per basketball wagering war.

The Lakers have a score to settle with the Spurs after losing 105-85 at the Alamodome on January 12th. That snapped a five-game ATS winning streak for the Lakers between these Western Conference rivals. The Spurs are a rock solid 18-7-2 ATS in their L/27 games against the Pacific Division.

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