Vegas odds for Game 1 of the Utah Jazz vs Los Angeles Lakers NBA Playoffs series plus the series price odds have now been posted on NSAwins.com and vegas linemakers have made the LA Lakers the -420 favorite to win the series and the Lakers a -7 point favorite to win Game 1 with the total set at over/under 198.5. For the third consecutive year, the Utah Jazz will have to get past the Los Angeles Lakers in the playoffs to advance. Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol have put an end to Utah’s last two playoff journeys, and the franchise with 15 NBA championships again is putting up a road block to the Jazz’s drive for their first. Utah finished just four games back from the top-seeded Lakers in the final Western Conference standings, but Utah’s Carlos Boozer understands his tenacious but injury-plagued team isn’t being given much of a chance to upset Bryant and his playoff-tested squad in the second-round series, which gets underway with Game 1 Sunday at Staples Center. “We’re underdogs again,” Boozer said Saturday before getting on the team plane to Los Angeles. “We’re undermanned again. I don’t know I’ve ever been anything other than the underdog. I know it’s not the easiest position to be in, but it’s the position that we’re in.” Kobe and the Lakers have got to be feeling good about their chances to get to the Western Conference Finals once again by facing a Utah team that they know like the back of their hands. “No scouting report necessary for either team,” Bryant said. “We know their offense inside-out. They know our offense inside-out, as well as the defense. We’ve played each other so many times, including preseason. We’re just extremely, extremely familiar with each other.” NSAwins.com’s expert handicapper Steve Kendall likes the Los Angeles Lakers to win this series in 5 games and beat the Utah Jazz in the postseason for the 3rd straight year to advance to the Western Conference Finals. View the rest of the 2nd round NBA playoff series odds from BoDog Sportsbook below and get a 10% NO-LIMIT SIGN UP BONUS(only 1x Rollover!) on your 1st deposit! Get the latest 2010 NBA Finals Team Odds at NSAwins.com – the #1 source for FREE NBA predictions and odds throughout the 2010 NBA Playoffs!
2010 NBA Playoffs – Jazz/Lakers Series Price
Utah Jazz vs Los Angeles Lakers
405 Utah Jazz +340
406 Los Angeles Lakers -420