San Antonio Spurs - L. A. Lakers - NBA

Wager: $122. San Antonio Spurs will play the Los Angeles Lakers at the ATT center tonight, as the game will be available on Fox Sports San Antonio, with tip-off set for 8:30 p.m. EST.  L. Aldridge is expected to be back for the Spurs, who played the Bucks 2 days ago at home. Milwaukee just handed a tough loss to the Spurs 109-107, as Manu Ginobili missed a 3-pt. shot, which could've given the "W" to the Spurs in the last few seconds of the 4th quarter. SA Spurs lost at home, very unusual for them, and this will not be tolerated by Coach Popovich, who will strongly insists the team plays hard for the entire 48 minutes: My view is that the Spurs will play much better tonight. San Antonio is still 2nd in the league in FG% (48%) and 1st in 3 pt.% (41%). They shall cover the "Alternative Point Spread" of (-7.0 points) @ Bet365. With that, I pick the San Antonio Spurs with (-7.0) pts.; We listed the odds in both systems:  Decimal & American. Click here to learn the difference between them. Unless the bet amount is defined, our wager is $100.

UPDATE January 13, 2016 - FINAL Result: S.A. Spurs 134-94  L.A. Lakers. San Antonio Spurs recorded a 40-pt. victory at home over the Lakers. L. Aldridge and Tony Parker each had 13 points. The Spurs were led by K. Leonard, who had 31 pts. in 26 mins. to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 134-94 on Thursday night. San Antonio rebounded from a last-minute loss to Milwaukee on Tuesday with its highest point total and largest margin of victory this season. San Antonio also set a season high by shooting 61 percent from the field. The Spurs' starters did not play in the final quarter after closing the third with a 31-point lead.  San Antonio increased the advantage to 40 in the fourth, matching a season high. Spurs had 32 assists. Note, "Black Magic"=32 in LRG. Our Bet proposition won: The Spurs easily covered the spread of (-7.0 pts.). If played, every $100 invested would have returned $130; For us: $37 Net Profit or 37% ROI.

BET RECAP for January 12: We proposed 4 Bets - 2 in soccer, 1 NBA, and 1 NHL. The results of the soccer picks are here: Reading-QPR, a loss of $153, Celta Vigo-Valencia, a Net Profit of $57; The NBA pick above gives $37 Net Profit; and the real winner was the NHL pick, Dallas-Detroit R.W., delivering $132 Net Profit; ($57+$37+$132) - $153 = $73 Net Profit for the day, i.e., 12.69% ROI.