The 6-2 Brooklyn Nets have traveled out west to face the 5-5 LA Lakers from NBA pro basketball on Tuesday night. The Lakers and Nets begin from Staples Center at 10:30PM Eastern Time and NBA TV provides the live national television coverage.br br The odds show the Lakers favored by -6 ½ points and the total of 208 points. When the NBA odds were released a few hours back LA was a -6 ½ point favorite with a total of 208 ½ points. No movement on the side and a ½ point move towards the under. br br Last year in the lockout season the Nets and Lakers met once with LA earning a 91-87 home win as a -8 ½ point favorite. Trend: Brooklyn Nets are 2-0 ATS in their past two meetings with the LA Lakers.br br Brooklyn is out to a nice start for a change. They are riding a five game win streak. They began this west coast trip by beating Sacramento 99-90 on Sunday as a -3 ½ point favorite. When you look up and down their schedule thus far so see a lot of wins against bad teams and sticking out like a sore thumb is a 30 point road loss to Miami on November 7th. br br LA Lakers are now 4-1 since the coaching change. The D’Antonio system has produced a 114-102 home win against Phoenix and a 119-108 home win on Sunday night to the Houston Rockets. They are W’s in the standings but LA has allowed near 50 shooting to their past two opponents. The positive here is you have seen the LA turnover’s creep down from an 18 turnover average per game last week to 16 ½ per game heading into Tuesday’s game.