NBA Expert Picks and Best Bets: Can Kobe's Lakers cover in Toronto? – CBSSports.com

Our CBSSports.com NBA Expert Picks for Monday, December 7, 2015 from James Herbert, Zach Harper and Matt Moore. First we’ll share our best bets for Monday, then below, we’ll measure ourselves against one another by picking three common games.

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BEST BETS

Herbert: Raptors (-12.5) over Lakers: Toronto has a bad habit of playing down to its competition, but I don’t think that’ll happen here. The Raptors should take this seriously because they think they should have won their last two games. Also: The Lakers are on a back-to-back after getting destroyed in Detroit.

Harper: Trail Blazers (-1) over Bucks: The Bucks are the seventh-worst team in the NBA at defending the 3-pointer and their overall defense has been really bad. The Blazers are the sixth-best 3-point shooting team and never waver from their identity. This is a terrible combination for Milwaukee.

Moore: Raptors (-12.5) over Lakers: I AM DONE TRUSTING THE LAKERS TO COVER SIZABLE LINES. DONE. I WASH MY HANDS OF THEM.

Kobe Bryant makes another stop on his farewell tour. (USATSI)

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