 Lakers
Best Odds Game Two
While
most online gambling
sites were offering
the Los Angeles
Lakers at +2 1/2
odds, the best money
line we could find
was at
BetUS.com.
+125 was the number
for a $125 payout on
every $100 bet
compared to $120 and
$115 elsewhere.
Obviously, the more
you bet, the more
this adds up.
Chances are Kobe
will bounce back in
Game 2, but the
Lakers will also
need better D to
even the series,
writes John
Hollinger of
ESPN.com.
To
the extent L.A.'s
defense has been
discussed, most of
the attention has
been on rebounding.
Mostly because of a
late sequence where
Kevin Garnett beat
Pau Gasol to a
missed Rajon Rondo
free throw and
knocked it out of
bounds off Vladimir
Radmanovic, then
dunked home the
ensuing missed shot
by James Posey.
"We were OK in Game
1," Lakers coach
Phil Jackson said.
"We had a good first
half, and obviously
there's some reasons
for that. [But] the
second half, a
31-point third
quarter, that's
unacceptable."
Overall, then,
there's plenty of
work to be done,
Hollinger points
out. L.A.
can't be ecstatic
about its offensive
effort either, but
one gets the
impression that its
Game 2 result will
be determined more
by the adjustments
it makes at the
defensive end.
If the Lakers can
reduce the fouls,
minimize the
mismatches for
Pierce and Allen,
and keep Rondo under
control when the
ball rotates to him
on the weak side,
they'll be in much
better position to
steal a road win on
Sunday. And if not,
they'll head back to
California in a huge
hole.
-----
Don Shapiro,
Gambling911.com
Originally published
June 7, 2008 4:58 pm
EST
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