Sunday night the Hawks start their 4 game road trip in Los Angeles at the Staples Center, they come in on a 3 game losing skid. The Lakers have seemed to figure things out winning 4 of their last 5 after starting 2-5, that includes last nights 101-86 victory in Sacramento. The lines for tonight are Lakers -11.5 o/u 238. Although the Lakers look better every night, I dont think they can cover the number here. Typically teams play their best in their first road game of a trip, I think ATL will have a lot of energy and effort on both ends of the floor. Lakers will have a real possibility of coming out flat, they played in Sacramento last night and tonight will be their 5th game in 8 days. The Lakers are 0-4 ATS as a home favorite so far and I don’t see a number like 11.5 being the 1st one they cover. I also really like the under here, ATL and LA are both fast paced teams (1st, 3rd in NBA) couple that with two of the lower rated defenses (29th, 28th) I believe thats why were seeing a number like 241 be the opening number. But the Lakers are on no days rest and ATL will be playing a little later than usual so I look for a slow start from both offensively. Trae young averaging 18.4 points a game will be the key to ATL covering and possibly winning, if they can get some production from Jeremy Lin this will be an easy cover. I like the under as a better play, but I also like ATL +11.5
Free play of the day: Lakers/Hawks Under 238 (3u) & Hawks +11.5 (1u)
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