Lakers 101 Bulls 90

[John Kelly]

The Lakers opened 9-point road favorites (Circa) over the Bulls and closed a 10-point choice last night.

For those who did not watch the game, read the recap or study the box score, the 11-point margin appears to be a narrow point spread victory for LeBron and the Lakers.

However, upon further review, the Lakers led by 12 after one quarter and led by 30 at halftime.

The Bulls never had possession of the ball in the second half with a chance to cut L.A.'s lead to single digits.

None of the starters for Los Angeles played in the fourth quarter.

Good example of a phony final score.

Not an every night occurrence in the NBA but it happens frequently.


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[railbird]

0.5 u1h and 0.5 u full isnt a bad way to go these days

 

[John Kelly]

And with a 30-point halftime margin, I assume some sharp players bet UNDER in the second half.

 

[John Kelly]

The Lakers improved to 9-0 on the road this season (7-2 against the spread).

Last night was Game 2 of a seven-game road trip for the Lakers.

 

[John Kelly]

Up next: Monday at Cleveland.

The Cavs travel to Boston today.

Cleveland is coming off back-to-back upset wins over the Brooklyn Nets.

 

[John Kelly]

Looks like defensive-minded Frank Vogel was the right guy for the job.

The Lakers are the best defensive team in the NBA and it's not even close.

 

[FairWarning]

Covers has a nice graphic recap of the game from a spread perspective. Pretty impressive to cover basically a DD spread for 82% of the game (betgraph).

https://www.covers.com/sport/basketball/nba/boxscore/239173

ALso impressive that A Davis comes home and scores 37 points in 28 minutes.

 

[GameBred]

Covers has a nice graphic recap of the game from a spread perspective. Pretty impressive to cover basically a DD spread for 82% of the game (betgraph).

https://www.covers.com/sport/basketball/nba/boxscore/239173

ALso impressive that A Davis comes home and scores 37 points in 28 minutes.

Nice little resource there, thanks for sharing.

Good example of a phony final score.

Not an every night occurrence in the NBA but it happens frequently.


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I watched the whole game, they could have won by 40.

 

[John Kelly]

Covers has a nice graphic recap of the game from a spread perspective. Pretty impressive to cover basically a DD spread for 82% of the game (betgraph).

https://www.covers.com/sport/basketball/nba/boxscore/239173

ALso impressive that A Davis comes home and scores 37 points in 28 minutes.

Love it, FW.

Exactly why I was researching the game.

 

[WildBill]

I'm the fool that bit on the Bulls +10. I figured coming off the big game win and then LBJ going to Cleveland after this game it was a nice sandwich to bet a DD dog. Oh well.

 

[John Kelly]

I'm the fool that bit on the Bulls +10. I figured coming off the big game win and then LBJ going to Cleveland after this game it was a nice sandwich to bet a DD dog. Oh well.

I thought Bulls, too.

But I booked my own bet.

Thankfully.