If the Los Angeles Lakers are going to snap their 4-game skid, it should be tonight when they play the Phoenix Suns at Staples Center. The Suns are an awful 3-10 on the road, averaging 107.8 points per game and allowing 115.0 when away from The Talking Stick. The Lakers are 6-5 at home, averaging 109.2 at Staples and allowing 109.0. The line in this game is Los Angeles -1.5. It only makes sense to take the money line and forget about the hook.
Tonight’s pick:
Los Angeles Lakers -125 M/L
The Carolina Hurricanes lost in a shootout last night to the Anaheim Ducks and will play again tonight when they make the short trek up the coast to take on the well-rested Los Angeles Kings. After last night’s loss, the Hurricanes are 3-7-3-3 on the road and are 0-5 in their last 5 at Staples Center. Los Angeles has been tough at home, owning a 9-3-0-1 record and the home team is 14-3-1 in the last 18 contests between these two clubs. The Kings legs are fresh and the Hurricanes legs are not.
Tonight’s pick:
Los Angeles Kings
The Anaheim Ducks will be glad to be back home after a less than productive 3-game road trip. The Ducks will host the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at Honda Center, where they are 7-4-0-1. Carolina is 3-7-3-2 on the road thus far and have struggled against Anaheim, going 1-5 in the last 6 contests and 1-4 in their last 5 at Honda Center. These two clubs met in November and Anaheim prevailed 4-2. I like the Ducks chances in this one.
Tonight’s pick:
Anaheim Ducks
Will be back on tomorrow. Good luck tonight.
The Toronto Raptors are a covering machine and they will play host tonight to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Raptors are 14-5-1 ATS on the season and 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 at Air Canada Centre. The Cavs are just 6-11-1 ATS on the season, 0-4 ATS in their last 4 road games and 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 games against the Eastern Conference. The number has been flip-flopping but I’ve got Toronto, +1.
Tonight’s pick:
Toronto Raptors +1
The Canisius Golden Griffins will try to feed off of their victory over Manhattan on Friday when they travel to West Long Beach, New Jersey to take on the Monmouth-NJ Hawks. The Golden Griffins rank 157th in offensive field goal percentage and are averaging 75.6 points per game on the road. On the flip side, the Hawks are ranked 229th in offensive field goal percentage and are averaging 77.0 points per game at home. The Golden Griffins are getting +16.5 and the numbers say they will cover.
Today’s pick:
Canisius Golden Griffins +16.5
The Penn State Nittany Lions are back and I don’t see the Wisconsin Badgers slowing them down today. Penn State is 7-0-1 ATS in their last 8 overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 against the Badgers. Wisconsin’s quarterback, Alex Hornibrook, is questionable today due to a concussion. I will take the Nittany Lions and the points in this one all day.
Today’s pick:
Penn State Nittany Lions +3
