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Los Angeles Clippers vs Los Angeles Lakers Best Bet: Wednesday, April 5th
Once again the schedule experts in the NBA have delivered. We have a row of derbies ahead of us in the last 3 rounds. We will start with a season-defining match between the Los Angeles rivals who are battling it out tonight for the 5th spot in the West since both teams have a 41-38 record.
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- Los Angeles Clippers vs Los Angeles Lakers Preview
- Los Angeles Clippers vs Los Angeles Lakers Best Bet
Los Angeles Clippers vs Los Angeles Lakers Preview
Tue, Apr 6th. 00:00 (UK time)
The Clippers have only won 3 out of their last 7 games after losing Paul George to a knee injury for the rest of the season. This is going to be a big hit on the Clippers whose offence revolved around him and Kawhi Leonard. The Clippers are even averaging more points in the last game stretch, 116.5 but it seems they’ve started playing on a higher number of possessions, averaging 98.7 Possessions per game without PG13.
They’ve won a couple of high total point count games and it seems that this will be their approach even in the postseason. Besides PG, the Clippers will be missing E. Gordon due to a hip injury, and Marcus Morris due to illness.
The Lakers have picked it up recently, winning the last 7 out of 8 games, averaging over 118 points per game, while shooting close to 50% from the field. It seems that they have developed their form at the right moment for the playoffs. They look unstoppable when you’re all healthy.
The moneyline suggests the Clippers are 4-point favorites, but taking into account recent form and mood teams are in (Lakers climbing while Clippers declining hard) we will be taking the Lakers to at least cover the spread tonight. A straight win is also an option after the injury sheet is out and we can confirm all Lakers are playing except the ones listed below. For now, we know the Lakers will be missing D. Russell due to a foot injury while M Bamba is out with a knee injury.
Los Angeles Clippers vs Los Angeles Lakers Best Bet
Although the Clippers had a lot more success in recent games between these two ( won the last 7 out of 8) we believe tonight will be the different story because the Lakers are in very good form at the moment. They’ll have much better matchups without PG being able to switch everything on defence and attack 1 through 5 on offence. This is a big handicap for the home team and with L. James and A. Davis ready to play we don’t doubt the Lakers will continue the streak of good results.
- Selection: Lakers +4.0
- Best Odds: 2.01 (1xBet)
- Stakes: 5/10
Odds as of 1:00 pm April 5th 2023. Odds may now differ.
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