The Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at STAPLES Center in the second game of the NBA Finals.Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 6½-point favorites versus the Magic, while the game's total is sitting at 202.
Kobe Bryant poured in a game-high 40 points as the Lakers ran over the Magic 100-75 in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series on Thursday.
The Lakers easily covered the 6-point spread, but the 175 points fell UNDER the night's posted total of 205.5.
Bryant also grabbed eight rebounds and dished out eight assists in that win.
Dwight Howard had a double-double with 12 points and 15 rebounds for the Magic in the loss.
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando's last 6 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers
Orlando is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Orlando's last 7 games
Orlando is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the LA Lakers last 5 games at home
LA Lakers are 15-2 SU in their last 17 games at home
LA Lakers are 11-2 SU in their last 13 games when playing at home against Orlando
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the LA Lakers last 6 games when playing at home against Orlando
