Kobe and Durant – Los Angeles Lakers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

The Los Angeles Lakers travel to Oklahoma City to take on the Thunder in a game that could be much tougher to find a wager than most bettors might think. The Lakers have one of the best records in the NBA straight-up at 55 and 14, but their record ATS has been less than adequate at 35 and 34. Their record against the spread on the road has been much better at 19 and 14 than their 16 and 20 record at home ATS.

In contrast to L.A., Oklahoma City has a horrible straight-up record of 20 and 50 but an exceptional ATS record of 42-26-1 overall. Their against the spread record at home is 21-14-1.

Here is the BetOnline online sportsbook betting line for this game.

Los Angeles Lakers -7 ½ -110 -350 O 205 -110

Oklahoma City Thunder +7 ½ -110 +290 U 205 -110

Here are a few online wagering trends for this game.

The Los Angeles Lakers are 11 and 5 ATS in their last 16 games on the road.

The Under is 4 and 0 in the Los Angeles Lakers last 4 games versus a team with a winning percentage of .400 or less.

The Oklahoma City Thunder is 2 and 6 ATS in their last 8 games versus a team from the NBA Pacific Division.

The Under is 7 and 0 in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s last 7 games at home.

Oklahoma City hasn’t scored over 100 points in their last 10 games. That means that the Lakers would have to put up 106 if Oklahoma City scored 99 point in this game to push on the total. See how the total figures into the -7 ½ on the Lakers?

But why worry about the spread when the Total is right there for the taking? The last time these two teams met the Lakers won 107 to 93. The total on that game ended up at 200.

That gives us 5 points to work with in this game. The 5 points are significant given the 7 and 0 trend to the under regarding Oklahoma City’s home games.

Oklahoma City just isn’t a running team and the Lakers can beat you with their triangle offense, which relies on passing, as well as running up and down the court.

The Thunder will try to slow it down. The Lakers will let them.

I’m going to bet that this game goes under the Total of 205.