NBA Friday night and we will see the Los Angeles Lakers travel to Memphis, Tennessee to take on the Memphis Grizzlies. The game is scheduled for an 8:00 pm start time and it will be televised live on TWSN (Los Angeles) and SPSO (Memphis). Currently the odds have Memphis favored by 4.5 points with the total sitting at 199 points for the contest. Check out Sportsbook Spy to find out what side the Public is taking on all of today's games.
Free Analysis: The honeymoon period for Mike D'Antoni and the Los Angeles Lakers may already be over. They could have a tough time avoiding a second consecutive loss Friday night against the Memphis Grizzlies, visiting the Western Conference's top team after a poor performance against the worst. Los Angeles (6-6) won its first three games after D'Antoni joined the team last Thursday, a few days after being hired to replace Mike Brown. His ongoing recovery from knee replacement surgery delayed his arrival as well as his debut on the Lakers bench, which finally came Tuesday in a 95-90 home win over Brooklyn. Things didn't go nearly as well the following night even though Los Angeles was playing a Sacramento team which entered with a 2-8 record. The Lakers committed 20 turnovers and allowed a season-worst 54.3 percent shooting in a 113-97 defeat. While D'Antoni remains on crutches, it was his star big men who appeared to have trouble moving well Friday in his up-tempo offense. Dwight Howard had only four field-goal attempts in 41 minutes, finishing with seven points and nine rebounds following a stretch of five straight double-doubles. Pau Gasol had eight points and shot 3 for 10 as the Lakers fell to 0-4 when he fails to score more than 10. "It seemed like we were a little lethargic for whatever reason," said Kobe Bryant, one of the few bright spots with 38 points as he shot 11 for 20.
Memphis began the 2012-13 campaign with a road loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, but responded with an eight-game winning streak that matched a franchise record set from Jan. 11-25, 2004. That run came to an end on Monday night as the Grizzlies dropped a 97-92 decision to the visiting Denver Nuggets, also halting Memphis' club-record 15- game home winning streak. The Grizzlies dropped their first home contest in the regular season since March 16 against the Toronto Raptors. Rudy Gay had 22 points, Marc Gasol added 16 and Zach Randolph notched his 10th double-double in as many games this season with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Randolph leads the NBA with 13.8 rebounds per game and is also averaging 16.7 ppg. Marc Gasol has averaged 10.4 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 14 previous meetings with Los Angeles.
Free Pick: I will go with the over in this one. Mark D'Antonio's offense revolves around high octane offense and very little defense. In their first game with him at the helm they had a tough shooting night and they were able to put up just just 97 points, while their defense allowed 113. On the year the Lakers have struggled on defense, especially on the road, where they have allowed 108 ppg on the year. They will be going up against a Memphis squad that is 7th in scoring (100.2 ppg), while also averaging 99.4 ppg at home. The Lakers will find a way to get better offensive production in this one, while their defense will struggle as normal. 200+ points here easy.
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