PRO BASKETBALL — May 25
L.A. LAKERS at PHOENIX
Western Conference Finals – Game 4
(Lakers -2, Total 220) — [private] Phoenix may have thrown a bit of a surprise into the Lakers on Sunday when they came out with a zone defense. That served to cut down passing lanes into the paint, forced the Lakers to take a lot of perimeter shots, where they hit just nine of 32 shots from three-point range. Even with that surprising defensive performance, this game still went over the total. The Lakers are still going to be a hard team to stop, and in fact they did make 48% of their shots. Phoenix’s bench shot just 14% in Sunday night’s game, and clearly that’s going to improve. Both teams have played six of their last seven games over the total, and why should we not expect for that trend to continue?
THE PLAY: OVER 220 ***
(All information is for news matter only; All games are graded on a scale of 1-4 stars. Lines are subject to change)
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