Bet Lakers on the NBA Moneyline Right Now Before Their Odds Drop Further!

The Phoenix Suns, coming off of losses in Game 1 and Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, are favored in Game 3 on Sunday to beat the Los Angeles Lakers. The Suns have failed both straight-up and against the spread in the first two games of the series.

As 6-point underdogs in the NBA sportsbook, they lost Game 1 by the score of 107 to 128. As 7 ½ point underdogs, they lost Game 2 by the score of 112 to 124. How have the Lakers been able to dominate the Suns in the first 2 games? Easy, by being better than Phoenix. Sounds almost too simple, right?

Well, it is. In my opinion, Phoenix has no shot of beating L.A. in Game 3. Zero. Before getting into why, here’s the info on the game.

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns

Where: U.S. Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

When: May 23rd, 2010 at 8:30 pm EST

TV: TNT

NBA Betting Moneyline

Los Angeles Lakers +110

Phoenix Suns -130

Usually, I’d get into betting trends at this point in the article, but there’s no reason to do so in this game, or in this series, for that matter.

The Suns have no chance of getting close to the Los Angeles Lakers for the simple reason, like I wrote above, that the Lakers are the better team. L.A. could play terrible on Sunday night, yes, but the chances of that happening aren’t very good. L.A. is on a roll. They’ve won their last 6 games going back to their sweep over the Utah Jazz and I doubt they take a step back in Game 3 on Sunday night.

The Suns played about as well as they could in Game 2. They shot 49.4% from the field. They shot 41.7% from behind the arc. They were only out-rebounded by 5, 34 to 39, and, trust me, that’s not a lot considering that the Suns play a spread out game and never crash the boards.

Yet, with all of the positives, the Lakers still spanked the Suns as if they were playing three-legged school children on a black tar court. Oh, I forgot to mention that the Suns held Kobe Bryant to 21 points. All Kobe did was dish 13 assists.

That’s the point. Phoenix played as well as they could and they still lost by 12 points, 124 to 112. They shot as well as they do on average, which is #1 in the NBA, 49.4%, and as well as they do on average from behind the arc, which is…again…the best in the NBA, 41.7%, but still lost by 12 points.

They even kept Kobe under control in the scoring column. All of these positive things added up to a loss for the Phoenix Suns. Don’t blame Alvin Gentry; he made all of the right coaching moves. Don’t blame the Phoenix shooters, they did, as I expected them to do, light up the scoreboard.

Just blame…well, don’t blame anybody. Sometimes one team is better than the other. In this case, the Lakers are better than the Suns. L.A. has proven that they can beat Phoenix at Phoenix’s own game.

L.A. should win again. They’re the team to bet on the NBA moneyline.

NBA Free Pick: Los Angeles Lakers +110