{"id":127403,"date":"2016-12-14T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/?p=127403"},"modified":"2016-12-13T22:36:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T03:36:49","slug":"los-angeles-lakers-vs-brooklyn-nets-predictions-picks-and-nba-preview-december-14-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/los-angeles-lakers-vs-brooklyn-nets-predictions-picks-and-nba-preview-december-14-2016.html","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers vs. Brooklyn Nets Predictions, Picks and NBA Preview \u2013 December 14, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4zX172zxPL8HmNd7ZgqdRLk\/20\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-89017 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/NBA-News-Banner_620x110_v31.gif\" alt=\"NBA-News-Banner_620x110_v3\" width=\"620\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Los Angeles Lakers vs. Brooklyn Nets Preview<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Barclays Center \u2014 Brooklyn, NY<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0Wednesday, December 14, 2016, 7:30 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line:<\/strong>\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers (<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/basketball\/nba\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>+1<\/strong><\/a>) vs. Brooklyn Nets (<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/basketball\/nba\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>-1<\/strong><\/a>); total: <a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/basketball\/nba\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>228.0<\/strong><\/a> \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/basketball\/nba\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>view all NBA lines<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TV Broadcast: <\/strong>TWSN \/ YES<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Cash In on the Best Online Sportsbook Offers Now at TopBet!<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/50\">Special Deposit Bonuses<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/50\">Exclusive Betting Props<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/50\">$250 Welcome Bonus<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/50\">Tiered Deposit Bonuses<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Betting on the Los Angeles Lakers (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/basketball\/nba\" target=\"_blank\">+1<\/a><\/strong>)<\/h3>\n<p>The tough times continued for the purple and gold on Monday night, suffering their seventh-consecutive loss at the hands of the Kings, who used a 39-point third quarter to blow out their Pacific Division rivals, 116-92.<\/p>\n<p>Now the Lakers are only another loss away from tying last year\u2019s season-high eight-game slide. Up next on their long seven-game road trip is a flight to New York for a regular-season finale with the Nets. LA\u2019s looking to get the sweep here after beating Brooklyn last month back at the Staples Center.<\/p>\n<p>D\u2019Angelo Russell and Julius Randle feasted upon the Nets during that meeting, combining for 49 points while the latter recorded his second career triple-double (17 points, 14 rebounds, 10 dimes). Both will certainly try to replicate those efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lou Williams and Jordan Clarkson both had rough shooting nights (7-of-23 combined) versus Sacramento, so expect them to bounce back and, hopefully, take better shot selections.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers, however, need to stop playing high-school level defense. LA has given up 103 or more points, including 134 points to Houston a few nights ago, in its current losing skid. It\u2019s hard to see them, or any other team, winning games with a defense like that.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles is 3-7 SU and ATS in its last 10 road games.<\/p>\n<h3>Betting on the Brooklyn Nets (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/basketball\/nba\" target=\"_blank\">-1<\/a><\/strong>)<\/h3>\n<p>Brooklyn put together a resilient team performance in its game with Houston on Monday night, only to find themselves on the wrong side of the scoreboard for the second-straight time, 122-118.<\/p>\n<p>Brook Lopez led the way with 26 points, the pair of Sean Kilpatrick and Isaiah Whitehead scored 17 and 13, respectively, and Jeremy Lin contributed 10 points in his return from a five-week absence.\u00a0 Yes, the Nets didn\u2019t get the win, but these are some positives that they can carry into tonight\u2019s home game with the slumping Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets, losers of five of their last six games (4-2 ATS), are in line for a win here. After all, they\u2019re up against an LA defense that\u2019s allowing 111. 1 points per game this season, including 117.7 points in the previous three games.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez will likely light up the stat sheet again. He\u2019s collected 24 or more points in three of the past four contests and is averaging 24.1 points per game across 13 career games with the purple and gold. Lopez also dropped 30 points and snagged 10 boards in the first encounter with LA last month.<\/p>\n<h3>Writer\u2019s Prediction<\/h3>\n<p>The Lakers (<a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/basketball\/nba\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>+1<\/strong><\/a>) finally stop the bleeding, escaping Brooklyn with a 119-115 victory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4xutv7iXV6HvmNd7ZgqdRLk\/9\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Create a betting account now<\/a>\u00a0and put your NBA predictions to the test!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/record.tbaffiliate.com\/_y8k7RB3Ll4zX172zxPL8HmNd7ZgqdRLk\/20\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-89017 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/NBA-News-Banner_620x110_v31.gif\" alt=\"NBA-News-Banner_620x110_v3\" width=\"620\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"127403\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon 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