Huge Marquee matchup for this ballgame on ABC Christmas Day. We have LeBron and his Cavs coming into Staples to take on Kobe and his Lakers. The Lakers come into this game having the last two days off- as they defeated the Thunder at home on Tuesday Night. So the Lakers have had two full days (being at home the whole time) to prepare for LeBron and his Cavs. Now for the Cavs, they are playing their 4th road game in 6 days and coming off a Overtime win at Sacramento on Wednesday night. This is clearly an advantage here for the Lakers, and they are the better team by quite a bit to begin with in my opinion. Another huge factor I see is the REBOUNDING edge I believe the Lakers will have in this matchup- as the Lakers size and length is a MAJOR edge here. The Lakers' frontline totally dominated the Cavs, 104-52, in points in the paint in the two games they faced each other last season- with the Lakers taking both games handily. Now with Artest on the team- this should even be more of an advantage for the Lakers. Yes the Cavs now have Shaq- but clearly his a SHELL of his former self- and I really dont see him having a huge impact in this game. The Lakers have such a huge edge vs anyone with that front-line they have and they are clearly the DEEPER team too. I really like this play to cash & I actually wouldn't be a bit surprised to see another double digit win from the Lakers in this spot guys. Lay the points with the Lakers guys.
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