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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns
If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns meet at Footprint Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Suns as -4.5-point favorites versus the Lakers, while the game's total opened at 239.5.
In their last action, Phoenix was a 114-110 loser on the road against the Rockets. They failed to cover the -2.5-point spread as favorites, while the combined score (224) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.
Los Angeles won its last outing, a 123-118 result against the Spurs on February 23. The Lakers failed to cover in that game as a -11-point favorite, while the 241 combined points took the game PUSH the total.
Los Angeles:
Team record: 32-27 SU,27-32 ATS
LA Lakers is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
LA Lakers is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 18 of LA Lakers's last 22 games on the road
Phoenix:
Team record: 33-24 SU,23-32-2 ATS
Phoenix is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Phoenix's last 5 games
Phoenix is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Next up:
Los Angeles at Los Angeles Wednesday, February 28
Phoenix home to Houston Thursday, February 29