Tuesday’s NBA Guide: Hornets Face Lakers, Celtics Look to Get Back on Track
Published January 6th, 2009 on FanHouse
by Brett PollakoffFiled under: Bobcats, Celtics, Hornets, Lakers
FanHouse's NBA Guide gives you a daily look at all the games that matter ... and some that don't.Tonight's slate features a key Western Conference showdown in Los Angeles, as well as the defending champs looking to get their swagger back against the Bobcats. To the matchups!
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New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 10:30PM EST, NBATV
On the surface, the Hornets taking on the Lakers would appear to be a closely contested battle of two of the West's elite. But look a little deeper, and you'll see that this has been a colossal mismatch in L.A.'s favor so far this season.
It's early, but New Orleans has hosted the Lakers twice already, and was beaten pretty handily by L.A. in both meetings. Both contests were over by halftime, with the Lakers leading by 21 at the break in the first meeting, and by 19 at the break in the second. We'll see if anything's changed tonight, but even with the Hornets playing well recently, the Lakers should have little trouble rolling to a comfortable victory.
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