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San Antonio Spurs vs Los Angeles Lakers Best Bet: Friday, November 25th
The 5-11 Los Angeles Lakers are 5.5-point favourites over the San Antonio Spurs for their Friday night duel in Texas. San Antonio has come crashing down to earth after a good start to fall to a 6-13 record after winning just one of their previous 12 games. The Spurs now have the worst net rating in the NBA at -10.5 and they have allowed 117 or more points in six consecutive games.
Los Angeles has enjoyed something of a resurgence on the back of MVP-level play from Anthony Davis. It is three wins in four, including a 31-point drubbing of the Spurs last weekend. The Lakers are seventh in net rating over the last five games; the Spurs are last by a vast margin.
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LeBron James is expected to return for the Lakers, while the Spurs will potentially be without Josh Richardson and Doug McDermott who are both featured on the injury report. For all their issues this season, and the waves of trade speculation, the Lakers have been a good defence, ranking ninth on that end of the floor.
Their offence is the second worst in the Association still, but the play of Davis has been enough to power them to wins. Only five teams allow fewer points per play than the Lakers in the halfcourt. Transition is where the Spurs can do damage on both sides of the ball, but they are an abysmal transition team in defence and only league average on offence.
Down in 24th in rebounding rate across the last five games, the Spurs face another big night from Davis. He is scoring over 32 per game over the last five and is tied with Rudy Gobert for the most rebounds per contest on the season.
After a great start to the campaign, Keldon Johnson has gone ice-cold. The Spurs’ offence relies on Johnson’s scoring, and he is averaging 15.4 points per game on just 33.3% from the field over the last eight games.
San Antonio Spurs vs Los Angeles Lakers Best Bet
Scepticism about the Lakers has proven to be profitable since they won the title. This is still a greatly flawed team, overly reliant on the superstar power of James and Davis. Against these Spurs, though, that is enough.
San Antonio was a fun story in the first couple of weeks, but they have crumbled down to their preseason expectations. This is arguably the worst team in the NBA in both talent and performances. Plus, we have recent evidence of how this matchup plays out.
Despite a poor against the spread record overall, the Lakers are 2-2 as favourites this season. This is a small spread given the Spurs’ -19.1 net rating over the last five.
- Selection: Los Angeles Lakers -4.5
- Best Odds: 1.83 (SBK)
- Stakes: 5/10
Odds as of 1:00 pm November 25th, 2022. Odds may now differ.
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