NBA Playoffs Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers Game 5
It’s not all that much of a surprise, considering the result of the Western Conference Game 1 NBA basketball betting odds results, but the Lakers dominating win over the Phoenix Suns in Game 2 of the series, but it’s still disappointing. For basketball betting fans hoping for an exciting NBA playoff betting series between these two teams: hope is fading as the Lakers took a 2-0 lead in the series with another empathic win on Wednesday. A 2-0 lead is hardly insurmountable, especially in an NBA playoff betting series, but it’s the way in which the Lakers won these games that gives little hope to NBA betting odds fans of an exciting finish to this Western Conference Finals matchup. Los Angeles (57-25), the defending NBA betting champs, just might be the best team in basketball betting right now.
With loaded roster, all its All Star talent, and the way the team has been playing recently in the NBA basketball playoff betting action it would be difficult to mount a credible argument to the contrary. In Game 1 the Lakers decimated the Suns (54-28) by the tune of 128-107 and the game was never close after the third quarter of NBA betting action. Granted the Suns tried to ‘out big’ the Lakers and the strategy failed miserably.
You could also point to the fact the that the Suns, the best 3-point shooting team in the NBA betting action, shot a miserable 5-22 from behind the arc. And that might explain the blowout. But what about Game 2? The Suns shot 42% from downtown in Game 2, scored 112 points and played the tempo of basketball that they wanted to. And still they lost by a dozen points in the NBA odds action and really were never in the game after the opening of the 4th quarter.
Steve Nash pitched in 15 assists, Jason Richardson dropped in 27 points and Grant Hill put in one of his best NBA playoff betting career in years (23 points, 4 rebounds). Yet it wasn’t enough. The Lakers are simply the much better team and even when the Suns execute at a very high level the LA’s talent is simply superior on both ends of the court as demonstrated by in the Game 2 NBA betting result.
