Locked in with:
1* LAL -8.5
1* ATL/LAL UNDER 213.5
Going against trends and the public. 80% of the public is on the hawks (give or take depending on where you look). 53% on the over.
Hawks 16-6 ATS as a dog.
Hawks 6-0 ATS as a dog of 6-9 pts.
Hawks 4-1 ATS in February.
Hawks 4-1 OVER in February.
Hawks 6-0 UNDER as a dog of 6-9 pts.
Lakers 4-14 ATS when the total is >210
Lakers 1-6 ATS vs. Southeast division.
Lakers 9-3 OVER on Tuesday nights.
Lakers 31-20 OVER on the season.
Some of these trends are irrelevant, but the fact of the matter is the Lakers are 24-4 at home, and you cannot bet on a streaky Hawks team to come across the country and get a win/cover at the 2nd best home court advantage team in the league. I agree that the Hawks have a solid starting 5 that can compete every other game, but the Lakers are a force and have a better bench as well. Go Lakers.
ATLANTA HAWKS @ LOS ANGELES LAKERS
10:35 PM Game Time Record Line Betting Trend
Teams Win-Loss Streak ATS Open Current 1Half 2Half Side Money O/U
719 Atlanta Hawks (31-21) (12-15 A) W-2 26-24-2 213.5 213.5 81% 24% 52%
720 Los Angeles Lakers (42-10) (24-4 H) L-1 26-24-2 -9.0 -9.0 -4.5 19% 76% 48%
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Vegas insider, usually reliable, but the only place I looked.
10:35 PM Game Time Record Line Betting Trend
Teams Win-Loss Streak ATS Open Current 1Half 2Half Side Money O/U
719 Atlanta Hawks (31-21) (12-15 A) W-2 26-24-2 213.5 213.5 81% 24% 52%
720 Los Angeles Lakers (42-10) (24-4 H) L-1 26-24-2 -9.0 -9.0 -4.5 19% 76% 48%
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Vegas insider, usually reliable, but the only place I looked.
I agree. I thought for sure I would have to sweat out atleast one of the plays. After all, its only normal for games to be somewhat close to their lines. I thought the Hawks would score about 90-100 range for sure, and that is clearly not the case. The Hawks at 2-14 from three point land is a big factor; if they would have made just 6-14 that would add 12 points to this game, which would have put the game on a much better pace towards the posted lines. The 4th quarter would have been much different if the Hawks weren't down 26 going into it. I'll take a couple comfortable wins for the late game chase. I went 3-5 before this game, so it helped alot, only down $25 on the night now.
