NBA Free Premium Play 03/08: Oklahoma City Thunder @ Los Angeles Lakers

Oklahoma City  at LA Lakers

NBA - 803 Oklahoma City Thunder @ 804 Los Angeles Lakers Play #2 The Lakers simply don’t want to play defense and by playing @ supersonic pace, they have been constantly crushed on the defensive end. In L5 games, their Def. Rtg = 123.4 – incredibly bad! They are coming from a b2b series of games vs. LAC & @DEN…they played @DEN this Friday night, so having to play at home early today isn’t a good spot at all for them. The bad news is that they will face an OKC team coming off a loss in the last game… OKC lost @PHX primarily because they couldn’t stop PHX from hitting three pointers (15-27 3pts) and this can be a problem against the Lakers in here. However, I expect OKC to be more focused in this department after losing their last game. Facing Goran Dragic and Gerald Green is way different than having to face K. Marshall and Jodie Meeks…. OKC will put some pressure in LAL’s guards especially from Westbrook vs. Marshall. The Clippers forced 22 TO’s from the Lakers and in this contest I expect a similar number of TO’s for the Lakers. In the last H2H, the Lakers were able to be competitive at home by losing the game by just 4 points. However, Russell Westbrook didn’t play the game, K. Perkins logged 17 minutes and OKC was coming from a tough win @POR while they were already thinking in the All Star Break. Today’s contest will be completely different and OKC will crush the Lakers in my opinion. Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 803 Oklahoma City Thunder (-11.5) @ -110 / 1.91 on Bookmaker