The Lakers (28-7) were supposed to be the landlords of Staples Center, but they played every bit of the tenant roll tonight against their cross-hall rivals the Los Angeles Clippers (16-18) in a 102-91 upset. The Clips snapped a 9-game losing streak to the purple and gold and have won their third straight at home since the 2006-07 season. The Lakers failed to win their 5th game in a row and drops their road record to 8-4.

1. Hornets -2 @ LA Clippers 1.05u
Hornets coming off an embarrassing loss to the Lakers’s B team. Look for David West to bounce back with a strong game by taking Camby outside. EJ is out with sore groin, that means Butler moves to the 2 and Thornton will be starting. This also means Ricky Davis might see the floor tonight and that is bad news bear Clippers fans.

1. Spurs/Utah   Over200.5   1.05u
Utah has always been a good home team.  Look for Millsap to explode if Boozer continue to play ineffectively.  Spurs has been playing a different style more suited with

Picking 3 home teams tonight. I really liked Dallas +4 against Hornets but it just seems really funny so no play on that.
1. Raptors -8 vs Detroit 1.05u
I like Toronto big men to dominate the Pistons; Calderon might finally have a good game. No rip, their backcourt played 40+ mins last night.
2. Wizards -2 vs Miami 1.07u
3. Rockets +2 vs LA Lakers 1.1u

The NBA season finally got under way and some surprising players are already putting up monster stats.  Scroll down for week 2 pickups.

While the Lebron, Kobe, Dirk are putting up top 15 stats. There are some real surprises.

Stars with an awesome week

9) Spiderman Basketball

Backboards are moved two feet from the wall of the court. Previously, players would climb up the padded walls to sink baskets.

It might be pretty cool to see that today. Vince Carter slamball style off the wall 360 windmill dunk.