NBA Playoff Basketball Betting - Lakers Heavy Favs in the West
by BetUS Staff
If home-court advantage is going to be this important, the NBA online betting locks to win the Western Conference.
The top Utah hasn’t changed L.A.’s most-favoredstatus; the Jazz are +900 underdogs to win the West despite knotting their second-round series with Los Angeles at two games apiece.
The online betting odds list at +300; the Hornets have fallen to +400 even though they have the home court for Games 5 and 7.
After Sunday’s action, home teams were 14-1 straight up and 13-2 against the Orlando in Game 4 of their Eastern semifinal. Everyone has “held serve” in the West up to this point. Will anything change this week?
Perhaps not in Los Angeles. The Jazz go into Wednesday’s Game 5 (9:30 p.m. Eastern time on TNT) as 9-point road dogs with a total of 213.5. They’re the worst road team left in the title hunt at 17-24 SU and ATS during the regular season; Los Angeles was 30-11 (20-20 ATS) and hasn’t lost at home in these playoffs.
New Orleans is not getting the same benefit of the doubt as the Lakers. Part of that may have to do with the Hornets coming from a small market, facing the multi-time champion Spurs. But Coach Gregg Popovich has also successfully changed his team’s defensive strategy by focusing on containing anyone not named Chris Paul. At the other end, Tim Duncan is healthy after a bout of the flu, dropping 22 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks on New Orleans in Game 4.
Even with the Spurs getting shorter odds than Utah.
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