NBA – LA Lakers win over the Sacramento Kings

The LA Lakers, the NBA defending Champions, where a bit unnerved at the beginning of the season, as the team’s brightest star and key-player Kobe Bryant, had been struggling with his recovery from knee surgery during the off-season. Kobe had to sit back and take things slow during training camp, and head coach Phill Jackson had been quite conservative with the amount of minutes that Kobe was expected to play at the first few games of the season.

The question many fans and NBA betting players where asking themselves was how many games would it take for Kobe to be fully recovered. Let’s be clear with something. When it comes to wagering on the spread on or a Lakers’ game total, Kobe Bryant is always a key-factor to take into account. So, despite their 4-0 record, the Lakers were 3-1 against the spread.

Now, despite not having their top scorer at top shape, the Lakers are now, after game 5, clearly landing their games on the over side of things. The only Laker game so far this regular season that has gone under the total was the 107-83 win over Golden State Warriors. But it also made sense. With such a big margin, why keep on pushing to score more?

Anyhow, after his triple-double against the Sacramento Kings, it seems that Kobe has made it quite evident that it only took him 5 games to fully recover from his surgery. Bryant closed the night with 30 points, 12 assists and 10 boards in the Lakers 112-100 win over the Kings. Taking that last game into the equation, the Lakers are now 5-0 straight and 4-1 against the spread (ATS).

Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom also contributed to the Lakers cause with 22 and 18 points respectively. It is still very early in the season, but it seems as if Phill Jackson’s last season as a professional coach might be en-route to a very good ending.