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(20-14) Los Angeles Lakers vs. Sacramento Kings (18-15)
Date: Thursday December 27
Time: 10:00PM EST
Venue: Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA.
NBA Moneyline Odds: OFF
NBA Betting Odds: Kings -3.5
NBA Betting Total: 229.5
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Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers thrashed the Warriors on Christmas Day but lost LeBron James to a strained groin that will probably keep him out at least a couple of games.
James will always be the lead, even when his team plays as well without him as the Lakers did on Tuesday. He was certainly a big part of the big lead the Lakers built in the first half before he got hurt in the third. He finished with seventeen points, thirteen rebounds and five assists in twenty-one minutes.
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As soon as James went out, the Warriors stormed back, cutting a fifteen-plus-point lead to one before the Lakers re-gained the momentum and pulled away in the fourth quarter.
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Los Angeles was, once again, led by former third-string center Ivica Zubac, who only recently started getting playing time with JaVale McGee in the hospital with pneumonia and Tyson Chandler out with back issues.
Chandler has since returned but only as the backup. McGee may be back for this game and if he is, Luke Walton will have some managing to do.
Once though to be short on centers, the Lakers have seemingly found a gem in Zubac, who started his third consecutive game with a +/- of at least +13. He scored eighteen points, on 9-for-10 from the field, with thirteen rebounds and two blocks.
I also read an interesting statistic that when he and Rajon Rondo are on the floor together, the Lakers are thirty-five points better than opponents, per 100 possessions. No other teammates in the league have a mark that good. It’s been a small sample of just sixty-one minutes, though.
There’s more explanation to it than it just being a small sample size, though. Zubac runs the pick-and-roll superbly and had a ton of time to work with Rondo when the veteran point guard was rehabbing and Zubac wasn’t playing. If there’s a way the Lakers can survive without James, it could be with Rondo and Zubac running the pick-and-roll. It’s going to be interesting to see how Walton handles things.
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento plays the Clippers at the Staples Center on Wednesday night before going back north to host the Lakers.
It’s been an extended layoff for the Kings, who haven’t played since Sunday when they beat the Pelicans at home. It was second straight win after losing three of four.
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Marvin Bagley hurt his knee in the middle of this month and his re-evaluation is coming. It’s already been announced he will miss Wednesday’s game against the Clippers.
Cracking the All-Star roster as a guard in the West is a tall order and Buddy Hield isn’t there yet but he’s seriously narrowing the gap between he and the field this season. He’s averaging over twenty a game, while shooting 48/44/86 splits.
The Kings are clinging to that 8-seed, not that it really matters at this point in the season. The West is a conference of fourteen teams competing for eight spots. The six that miss out will almost all certainly have good enough records to have qualified in the East, too.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Under is 7-1-2 in LAL last 10 vs. NBA Pacific.
- Under is 20-7 in LAL last 27 overall.
- LAL are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 Thu. games.
- Over is 18-5 in SAC last 23 vs. Western Conference.
- SAC are 9-3 ATS in their last 12 games overall.
- SAC are 5-11 ATS in their last 16 vs. NBA Pacific.
- Head to Head: Under is 9-1-1 in the last 11 meetings.
Free Los Angeles Lakers vs. Sacramento Kings NBA Prediction: over.
Losing LeBron James probably won’t slow down the Lakers’ rapid pace. It will hurt their defense, however.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Lakers ATS
NBA Free Score Prediction: Lakers 114 – Sacramento 116
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