Los Angeles at New Orleans

The Los Angeles Lakers have had strong teams for decades, but over the last few seasons this team has fallen sharply. The one edge here is the fact that the perception of Kobe Bryant being out pads the line as they are considered a worse team without him. That is actually false as they have been significantly more out-scored with Kobe on the court vs. having him sit, so we definitely pick up some hidden line value in that regard. New orleans has struggled to get to and over .500 for the season. This is a team that has not won more than one game in a row for over a month and have played less than .500 during the period. Their biggest problem is no-show efforts vs. bad teams as they are 0-6 ATS in their lat six vs. a team below .400. Grab the points on the Lakers.