Lakers vs Clippers: Battle for Los Angeles Wagering Lines

National Basketball Association action heats up as the Los Angeles Clippers battle the Los Angeles Lakers in Southern California tonight. These aren’t your daddies Clippers – or his Lakers for that matter either.

Staples Center in Los Angeles, the only shared arena in the Association, will be jumping as this NBA Western Conference Pacific Division tilt has its tip-off slated for 10:30 PM ET on Thursday, February 14, 2013.

Los Angeles Clippers: New leaders in the Pacific Division

My how the tables have turned! Once the doormats of the NBA Western Conference, make that the entire NBA, the Los Angeles Clippers (38-17) are flying high as they currently own a 6 game lead in the Pacific Division playoff race. That said, it hasn’t been all peaches and gravy recently as the Clippers are just 6-8 in their past 14 games. A run of eleven of those games being on the road certainly didn’t help. The Clippers were 109-96 winners over the Houston Rockets last night.

Los Angeles Lakers: Kobe & Crew continue to stumble with sub .500 record

Count us in with the preseason crowd that got sucked into believing that the Lakers would roll to an NBA Finals match-up with the Miami Heat. Thought to be key additions, to an already stacked club, Dwight Howard and Steve Nash have done little to make the Lakers contenders. Heading into action tonight, the new “other” L.A. basketball team is three games out of a playoff spot but they have won eight of their past eleven games – even with forward Pau Gasol out with a foot injury.

Clippers vs Lakers Game Day Betting Odds and Sportsbook Review Prediction

Despite this being a designated home game for the Lakers, the online bookmakers at topbet.eu have installed the Clippers as the favorite in this contest. Blake Griffin & Co. are posted as -3.5 (-115) chalk ATS and -160 straight up. The Lakers are home dogs at +3.5 (-105) and +140 on the money line, while the Over/Under is set at 200.5 (-110) points. The Clippers have won three straight games, all by at least ten points, and we like them with the -160 ML at TopBet tonight!