Mad Bets: Late January can be dangerous for Lakers bettors
Matt Gothard & Jared Quay discuss if they should bet against the Lakers during their 7-game road trip.
Video Transcript
MATT GOTHARD: Welcome back to "Mad Bets," everybody. I'm here with Jared Quay, and we are talking the Los Angeles Lakers, who are currently on a seven game road trip. That is quite the road trip. Jared, where are some spots where you might want to fade the Lake Show here?
JARED QUAY: You're setting me up for failure here. Let's be honest. It's never a good time to fade the Lakers. All right?
I'm just going to say, any given game, they could drop 130 points. I'm not sure how much the road will affect these teams with there not being a crowd more. Obviously, just time being away, and with COVID, you never know who's going to play.
If there's game I do have to circle, I think the Boston Celtics could play them pretty tough. I don't think the Sixers have the ability to score 3-pointers as well as the Lakers, and so it just can seem it could get out of their hands. Teams who beat the Lakers have to score a lot of points. In their four losses, all of those teams that beat them scored over 115. Unless Joel Embiid is feeling good from the 3-point line, I don't think the Sixers do that.
But Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown and Kemba Walker-- those guys can't shoot 3's, so on Saturday the 30th, I do think the Celtics over, and maybe possibly moneyline will be a good bet there. Vegas might catch up with me by that point and have him as a favorite anyways. And then I also like the Atlanta Hawks.
The Atlanta Hawks are some young bulls with everybody on the team being able to score points, and that being the last of a seven game final, I think Atlanta wins moneyline. I also think that they score a lot of points, and Trae Young can shoot from anywhere on the court. So I just like [INAUDIBLE] over there, too. Which one are you betting them against, Gothard?
MATT GOTHARD: Well, I got my eye on January 28th 'cause we're going live Yahoo Sportsbook in Michigan, and the Detroit Pistons are going to be taking them on at home. I don't think they're going to actually win, but maybe can I talk you into taking the points on that one?
JARED QUAY: Blake Griffin is shooting Curry like 3-pointers. Maybe Blake Griffin goes for 10 3-pointers out of 15. There's no way they keep up with the Lakers. No way.
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