Lakers Watch: Game 2

Tonight the Lakers played game two of Laker Watch at Minnesota.  They were favored to win by ten points and only won by three.  

Notably, they were losing at the end of the third quarter and it was close the whole way.

The question is:  how long will this continue?  

Also: when will this predictably happen?  What was the exact trigger?

I just happened to start Laker watch at game 1.  I saw that the two previous games they had failed to cover the spread.  So since the break they are 2-2 ATS but since I started watching, they are 0-2.  

still, I would suspect they will have trouble on this road trip and for a few more games fail to cover the spread, perhaps even losing a game or two.