Golden State - LAL / LAL -5,5 @ 1,85
5dimes , 3/10
What are LAL-s motivation at this point when it is clear that SAS will have home court advantage ahead of them on the West. First they need to defend position 2 on the West for which they will need 2 wins in last 4 games ... Other reason is home court advantage against teams from the East. Chicago is NR1 with 57-20 , both Boston and Miami have 55-23 , LAL = 55-22 ... LAL has still some chances to catch Chicago cuase of better h2h, who still have to face Orlando and Boston , this chance are not big but are still avaliable ; still also Lakerse will try to have a better score than Boston and Miami have if by any chance they face any of this teams in the NBA finals . This is a realistic task because despite their great score nobody sees Chicago or SAS atm as the main title contender. LAL lost 2 games in a row , cause of that and previously said reasons Lakerse motivation should be at high level. Both Bynum and Gasol had some problems , Gasol more than Bynum , but they are tough guys and can get over it, and this "problems" are not so serious that they couldnt play +35 minutes.
Golden has been doing a great effort in last games , winning against Portland and Dallas , going into overtime against Oklahoma... They are surprising their opponents with their attitude cause Ellis for example is playing +40 minutes in a situation when Golden plays for nothing long time ago. In last 5 games he played 4 times at least 44 minutes. Despite all of that , their experiments or preparation for next season in which they could surprise easily , the LAL motivation factor is to big for me , i have a slightly bad fealing in my stomach cause of the hendie spread but when you look it realy , -5,5 aint that big and if they win , no reason why they shouldnt do it +6 , despite Golden dealing great lately with their opponents. Also i see Lal ML good combo material , which i will maybe post later.
5dimes , 3/10
What are LAL-s motivation at this point when it is clear that SAS will have home court advantage ahead of them on the West. First they need to defend position 2 on the West for which they will need 2 wins in last 4 games ... Other reason is home court advantage against teams from the East. Chicago is NR1 with 57-20 , both Boston and Miami have 55-23 , LAL = 55-22 ... LAL has still some chances to catch Chicago cuase of better h2h, who still have to face Orlando and Boston , this chance are not big but are still avaliable ; still also Lakerse will try to have a better score than Boston and Miami have if by any chance they face any of this teams in the NBA finals . This is a realistic task because despite their great score nobody sees Chicago or SAS atm as the main title contender. LAL lost 2 games in a row , cause of that and previously said reasons Lakerse motivation should be at high level. Both Bynum and Gasol had some problems , Gasol more than Bynum , but they are tough guys and can get over it, and this "problems" are not so serious that they couldnt play +35 minutes.
Golden has been doing a great effort in last games , winning against Portland and Dallas , going into overtime against Oklahoma... They are surprising their opponents with their attitude cause Ellis for example is playing +40 minutes in a situation when Golden plays for nothing long time ago. In last 5 games he played 4 times at least 44 minutes. Despite all of that , their experiments or preparation for next season in which they could surprise easily , the LAL motivation factor is to big for me , i have a slightly bad fealing in my stomach cause of the hendie spread but when you look it realy , -5,5 aint that big and if they win , no reason why they shouldnt do it +6 , despite Golden dealing great lately with their opponents. Also i see Lal ML good combo material , which i will maybe post later.
