Bryant and the Lakers take on Lebron's Cavaliers

The LA Laker show rolls into Ohio tonight to challenge a Cleveland team who went 0-5 without Lebron James and are 2-3 since his return. Cleveland suffered a demoralizing lost on Wednesday, 108-90 against New York - one of the most error prone teams to come out of this season. The Lakers are averaging a 3rd league best at 107ppg and will bring their offense minded attack led by Kobe Bryant. Los Angeles are coming of a 103-91 win @ Chicago, prior to defeating the Clippers 113-92 on Sunday. The Lakers have been charged by Andrew Bynum who is averaging 12.3 points and 2.1 blocks per game.

Cleveland have lost 9 of their last 11 games against weaker opposition such as New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Milwaukee and Charlotte. The defensive woes that Cleveland displayed Wednesday night are expected to show up again tonight and the Cavs will need to get it right when the league's top two scorers go head to head. The match should be a fast pace up tempo affair which will suit the line bet, and place pressure on the Cavs to remain in the game. If the Lakers will win, it will be by more than 2 points.

We expect the Lakers to win this game, who have won 6 of their last 7 games, with 3 of those wins coming on the road. The line appears generous at -2 tonight with high scoring expected. If you are after extra action, we like the over, which is set at 205.

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