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Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers head to the Windy City to face Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls at the United Center on December 10, 2010. Carlos Boozer is back and the Bulls have an element they've been wanting for years an interior post scorer, where to buy Discount NBA Jerseys? maybe ujersy is a good choice. Boozer led the Bulls to victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder with 29 points on Monday. Can he and Derrick Rose stop Kobe, Pau and the Los Angeles Lakers?
The Lakers were able to halt a four-game losing skid against the woeful Sacramento Kings, and they've got two more relatively easy games against the Wizards and the Clippers before facing the Bulls on Friday.
At 14-6, the Lakers are currently first place in the sorry Pacific Division, and they'll likely be on a three-game winning streak coming into Chi-town.
Boozer's presence for the Bulls cannot be understated. He gives them another huge body down low with a post game that compliments center Joakim Noah's. Although Boozer struggles against lengthy big men like Pau Gasol, it's likely that the Spaniard will be tied up trying to keep Noah off the boards, if you want to buy Los Angeles LakersJerseys, go to ujersy.
With this game taking place on the Bulls home court, it's hard to peg who will be the favorite coming into the game. If you bet on NBA games, then the Lakers will probably be giving around two to four points to the Bulls. The over/under for these high-scoring teams will likely be around 200.
Everybody plays hard against the Lakers because, well, they're the Lakers. The NBA's own version of the New York Yankees AKA the evil empire. Everybody wants to beat them, and everybody wants to be them. If the Bulls consider themselves a threat for the Eastern Conference crown, then they need to make a statement in this game.
Which I think they will. The Lakers are weak at guarding quick, fast point guards, and Derrick Rose might just be the quickest of them all. He went off for 30 points and eight assists the last time these two teams met, but the Lakers got the victory. Lamar Odom and Shannon Brown scored 21 points each to lead Los Angeles.
That's probably not happening again with Boozer back. Odom's offense will likely stall since he'll be guarding the power forward all night, and now Chicago can throw Taj Gibson at Odom off the bench. And it's highly unlikely that Shannon Brown scores 21 points again, Recommend directory: Chicago BullsJerseys.
For those of you that bet on NBA, I personally think the Bulls will take this one against the Lakers. Playing at home against the defending champs is a huge motivator. If Chicago is given any points on the spread, that's even better. Bet on Chicago in a close game and for a total combined score just south of 200.
