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2022 NBA Handicapping
(23-24) Los Angeles Lakers vs. Brooklyn Nets (29-17)
Date: Tuesday, January 25th
Time: 7:30 PM EST
Venue: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
NBA Moneyline Odds: Lakers -149 | Nets +140 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Lakers -3.5
NBA Betting Total: 226
Tuesday, January 25th, finds the Los Angeles Lakers facing the Brooklyn Nets in their final meeting of this campaign. The clubs played Christmas Day with Brooklyn prevailing 122-115.
Both teams played on Sunday with the Lakers losing 107-113 to the Heat while the Nets lost 126-135 to the Wolves. The preseason Finals favorites have taken different paths to this stage.
The Lakers are clinging to the eighth seed with a sub .500 record while the Nets deal with the absence of Kevin Durant due to injury and Kyrie Irving only playing in road games.
Los Angeles Lakers
Although Russell Westbrook was undoubtedly unhappy about being benched he’s maintained a positive attitude and said all the right things to the media. His performance against the Heat was perhaps his best of the New Year with 24 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists.
The last time Westbrook scored 20 points was nine games ago against the Wolves and during that phase he’s averaged 7.4 rebounds and 5.6 assists so this was a vast improvement against an elite team.
LeBron James led the way for LA with a double-double of 33 points and 11 rebounds but shot just 1 of 8 from deep.
Avery Bradley and Carmelo Anthony recorded 15 and 11 points respectively as the only other Lakers to reach double-digit scoring. The Lakers gave up extra points on the perimeter allowing the heat to shoot 45.5 percent from deep and also turned over the ball 20 times leading to 16 points.
Those two categories equated to a 17 point edge for the Heat. The road continues to be an issue for the Lakers who’ve lost four of five away from LA and have just two road wins since December 17th.
However, the big news from Lakerland is Anthony Davis (MCL) has been upgraded to probable for Tuesday and is likely the reason the Lakers got the oddsmakers nod. Sekou Doumbouya (quarantine) and Kendrick Nunn (knee) are out indefinitely.
Brooklyn Nets
Despite playing on the road the Nets weren’t able to capitalize with Kyrie Irving in the lineup falling to the suddenly hot Wolves. Irving was the game’s high scorer with 30 points plus six rebounds, and five assists but was a minus 12 punctuating his weakness (defense).
With him only playing on the road it’s offering mixed results especially with his All-Star teammate James Harden who has vacillated between positive and negative shooting performances.
Case in point, in the last three games the duo has played Harden struggled against Washington shooting 7 of 21, then feasted with a 37 point triple-double against the Spurs but was cold again versus the Wolves shooting 4 of 13 although he collected a double-double of 13 points and 13 assists.
Moreover, Irving isn’t pushing Brooklyn over the top as the team is even (3-3) with him in the lineup. Granted, not having Kevin Durant is an issue but consider how well the Grizzlies and Heat have played while missing their stars and it highlights the lack of depth on Brooklyn.
Nic Claxton (hamstring) is questionable for Tuesday. Paul Millsap (personal), Kevin Durant (knee), and Joe Harris (ankle) are all out indefinitely.
NBA Betting Trends:
- The Lakers are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games.
- The Nets are 4-10 ATS in their last 14 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 7 of the Lakers’ last 9 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 13 of Brooklyn’s last 20 games played in January.
Free Los Angeles Lakers vs. Brooklyn Nets NBA Prediction:
Since this match is in Brooklyn the Nets won’t have Irving or the injured Durant so Harden will need to carry the offensive load and be active in playmaking to ensure the Nets counter LeBron James and the likelihood of Davis returning.
Neither team has demonstrated strong defensive tendencies lately so Davis would be a real shot in the arm for LA. He might be rusty but they don’t need him to feast on offense – just to be a force defensively.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Lakers -2.5
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