Los Angeles at Atlanta

The demise of the Los Angeles Lakers as team that has been the home of champions is being brought up over and over. They have an aging super star and a complimenting cast of role players, so the team is going to take a hit. That being said their demise leads to line value, and as long as Kobe is on the court, he just needs a good game to keep teams at arms length. They own just one win on the season, but the runaway point spreads in their games have value as they are 3-1 ATS in their last four when taking +10 or more points. Atlanta is a fringe playoff team at 5-4 to start the season, and have lost ATS in two of three as a -6.5 favorite or more, and just saw their modest four-game winning streak come to a carshing halt in a 33-point loss in Cleveland. Atlanta has been woeful on a pair of days rest at 5-24 ATS in their last 29. Grab the points on the Lakers.