NBA Free Picks and Vegas Odds for Los Angeles Lakers at Charlotte Bobcats NBA Betting 2/14/11: Shooting Guard Kobe Bryant will lead the Los Angeles Lakers on the road to the Time Warner Cable Arena to take on Michael Jordan’s Charlotte Bobcats on Monday night at 7:00 PM ET. The Lakers are on a 7 game road trip and lost the latest game Sunday at the Magic to put them at 38-17 and 1st in the Pacific of the Western Conference. The Bobcats have lost 4 of their last 6 en route to a 23-31 record for 4th in the Southeast in the Eastern Conference. Jordan dressed and shot around at practice last week prompting speculation of whether he could help a current NBA team. Michael you were the Greatest! But the last time was embarrassing enough when you couldn’t even dunk any longer, stay in the Owner’s Box!
The Bobcats are trying to make the playoffs for just the second time in as many years as they are just 2 games behind the Indiana Pacers for the 8th spot in the East. Charlotte has fared well recently against the Lakers winning 4 of the last 5 meetings as well as 4 of the last 5 meetings at home. The Bobcats are coming off a 22 point comeback at Atlanta on Saturday. “This team doesn’t quit,” interim coach Paul Silas said. “I’ve got to give credit to these guys because they very easily could have folded and they didn’t.” The odds makers at BetUs have the Los Angeles Lakers a -5 point favorite on the road against the Charlotte Bobcats.
The Lakers are coming off a drubbing 89-75 Sunday at the Orlando Magic their lowest scoring output of the season. Kobe scored 17 points had 5 rebounds and 4 assists while center Andrew Bynum also scored 17 points and pulled down 9 boards. “Offensively we were really stagnant. Defensively we could have been a little better. But they had 89 points. It was a winnable game as far as points go. But we didn’t put any up,” said Bynum. Vegas odds makers have the Los Angeles Lakers +300 odd to win the 2011 NBA Finals.
The Bobcats are coming off a 88-86 victory at the Atlanta Hawks where they trailed 51-29 in the first half and now are 26-26-2 ATS for the season. Stephen Jackson led the Bobcats with 32 points including the winning jumper while Gerald Wallace added 16 points and 13 boards as well as dishing 7 dimes. The total has gone UNDER in 5 of last 7 games when playing LA Lakers. Vegas odds makers have the over/under NBA odds on the Lakers @ Bobcats total score at 186 points combined.
Lakers @ Bobcats Free NBA Picks: Lakers -5
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