Sacramento Kings at Los Angeles Lakers 2011 NBA Preview, Odds, and Predictions: Head coach Paul Westphal will lead his Sacramento Kings on the road to the Staples Center to take on 2 time defending NBA Champion the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night at 10:30 PM ET. The Kings enter the game coming off a loss at 10-33 5th in the Pacific while the Lakers have won 2 and are at 33-10 1st in the Pacific. The Lakers are fired up over comments by former General Manager and Hall of Famer Jerry West’s comments that the team is getting old and won’t be good for much longer. Kobe Bryant voted onto the All Star team for his 13th straight year feels differently. “We’ve been pretty good on defense all year,” he said. “The numbers don’t lie.” “We focus in on defense game-to-game,” 31-year-old forward Lamar Odom told the Lakers’ official website. “It makes all the difference. That’s where you get better and it’s starting to show a little.” The Lakers have won 10 of their last 12 and have been solid most of the year at both ends of the court. The odds makers at Bodog have the Los Angeles Lakers a -13 point favorite at home against the Sacramento Kings.
The Lakers blew out the Utah Jazz at home 120-91 in their most recent game to move to 21-25 ATS for the season. Kobe Bryant led the Lakers scorers with 21 points and 6 assists while Pau Gasol chipped in 20 points 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Center Andrew Bynum added 19 points and 11 boards and Lamar Odom poured in 17 points 8 rebounds and 4 assists coming off the bench. LA Lakers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Sacramento. Vegas odds makers have the Los Angeles Lakers +300 to win the 2010-2011 NBA Championship.
The Kings are coming off a 94-89 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats moving them to 16-26-1 ATS for the season. Guard Tyreke Evans led the starters with 19 points 8 rebounds and 5 assists while forward Carl Landry came off the bench to also score 19 points along with 3 boards. The total has gone OVER in 8 of last 9 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers and the Kings are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games when playing LA Lakers. Vegas odds makers have the over/under for the total score at 200 points combined of the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings.
I predict a Laker win at home.
Note: Rich Fritz is a Blog Writer on NSAwins.com and not a pro handicapper. For expert NBA Predictions against the Vegas spreads please visit the NSAwins.com homepage for top predictions today from the National Sports Advisors.