NBA Finals Game One

NBA Finals Game One
Orlando Magic at Los Angeles Lakers
Thursday, 9:05 pm Eastern – ABC

SBG Global Opening Line: Lakers - 6 , Total 206

The NBA Finals begin on Thursday night in Los Angeles as Kobe Bryant and the Lakers host Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic. Los Angeles is back in the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year and 30th time in franchise history while the Magic are in the NBA Finals for the second time in their history.

SBG Global reports that early NBA betting has the public taking Lakers at Home.

The matchup between the Magic and Lakers should be a good one as Orlando has the dominating presence of Howard while the Lakers have Kobe. The Lakers will try and control Howard with three big men, Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom. He's a unique kind of player," Pau Gasol said about Howard, "I don't think there have been many players like him because of his physical gifts and attributes." Howard averaged 21.5 points, 16 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots in the two regular season games against the Lakers, both Orlando wins.

The Lakers main weakness is handling a point guard who is quick. Unless Jameer Nelson makes a surprise appearance, the Magic don’t have a guard that can give the Lakers trouble as Rafer Alston does not have the speed to cause Los Angeles trouble. On the other side, Orlando has no player that can stop Kobe. In the two regular season meetings, Kobe averaged 34.5 points per game.

Orlando lives and dies with three-point shooting and they could be in trouble against the Lakers who had the third-lowest opponents' three-point field goal percentage in the regular season (34.5%), and the second-lowest in the postseason (31.3%).

Here are the NBA betting stats for Thursday’s game. The Magic are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall. The Magic are 19-7-1 ATS in their last 27 vs. the Pacific. The Magic are 17-7 ATS in their last 24 games as a road underdog. The Magic are 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings against the Lakers.

The Lakers are 2-10 ATS in their last 12 vs. the Southeast. The Lakers are 1-10-1 ATS in their last 12 NBA Championship games.

SBG Global Current Line: Lakers - 6 , Total 206

The Over is 4-0 in Orlando’s last 4 games as an underdog. The Over is 5-1 in Orlando’s last 6 overall.

The Under is 5-0 in the Lakers last 5 games as a home favorite. The Under is 8-2 in the Lakers last 10 overall. The Under is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Los Angeles between the two teams.

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