The Los Angeles Lakers came out stagnant against the Suns, but quickly turned the game around to win 123-116 Friday night. This will be the first back-to-back of the season for the Lakers, while the Sacramento Kings had Friday off after a 117-115 home loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday.
Sacramento has the rest advantage here, but this will be the Lakers’ third-straight home game, so they haven’t traveled anywhere yet. Anthony Davis has been on fire for Los Angeles through two games with 71 points, 24 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 blocks, and 2 steals, to go along with 32 free-throw attempts. For Sacramento, DeMar DeRozan made his Kings’ debut and scored 26 points with 8 rebounds, but went 0-for-2 in the final two minutes.
With that said, let’s dive into the matchup and offer some information and possibly a sweat or two.
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Game details & how to watch Kings @ Lakers
● Date: Saturday, October 26, 2024
● Time: 10:30 PM ET
● Site: Crypto.Com Arena
● City: Los Angeles, CA
● TV/Streaming: NBA TV
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Game odds for Kings @ Lakers
The latest odds as of Saturday morning:
● Moneyline: Los Angeles Lakers (-142), Sacramento Kings (+120)
● Spread: Lakers -2.5
● Total: 232.5
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Probable starting lineups for Los Angeles and Sacramento
· Los Angeles Lakers
PG D’Angelo Russell
SG Austin Reaves
SF Rui Hachimura
PF LeBron James
C Anthony Davis
· Phoenix Suns
PG De’Aaron Fox
SG Kevin Heurter
SF DeMar DeRozan
PF Keegan Murray
C Domantas Sabonis
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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Suns @ Lakers
· The Lakers went 41-46 against the spread last season and are 2-0 this year.
· The Lakers were 4-11 ATS (26.7%) last season with no rest, which finished second-worst in the NBA only ahead of the Pacers (3-10).
· The Lakers were 7-13 ATS (35%) last season with a rest disadvantage, fourth-worst in the NBA.
· Sacramento went 14-7-1 ATS (66.7%) last season with a rest advantage, which was the third-best in the NBA.
· The Lakers were 11-3-1 (78.6%) to the Over with no rest last season, finishing with the second-best record to the Over, only behind Minnesota (11-2).
· The Kings were 13-8-1 (61.9%) to the Under with a rest advantage last season, ranking the fourth-best in the NBA to the Under.
· The Kings were 15-8-1 (65.2%) to the Under as an away underdog last season, ranking second-best only behind Boston (3-1).
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Notable Player Props for Kings @ Lakers
Highest Point Props
Anthony Davis O/U 25.5 Points
LeBron James O/U 23.5 Points
De’Aaron Fox O/U 23.5 Points
DeMar DeRozan O/U 20.5 Points
Highest Rebound Props
Anthony Davis O/U 12.5 Rebounds
Domantas Sabonis O/U 12.5 Rebounds
LeBron James O/U 7.5 Rebounds
Highest Assist Props
LeBron James O/U 7.5 Assists
Domantas Sabonis O/U 6.5 Assists
D’Angelo Russell O/U 5.5 Assists
De’Aaron Fox O/U 5.5 Assists
Austin Reaves O/U 5.5 Assists
Expert picks & predictions for Pacers @ Knicks
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NBC Sports Bet Best Bet
Vaughn Dalzell (@VmoneySports) likes the Sacramento Kings to hand the Los Angeles Lakers their first loss of the season:
“The Kings have a slight rest advantage here, which could be enough to knock off the 2-0 Lakers from the undefeated ranks.
Los Angeles was 7-13 ATS (35%) and 10-10 on the ML (50%) when they were at a rest disadvantage and even worse 9-14 ML the year prior (9-13-1 ATS). Sacramento went 14-7-1 ATS (66.7%) last season with a rest advantage, which was the third-best mark in the NBA.
Anthony Davis has been amazing for the Lakers thus far (35.5 PPG, 12.0 RPG), but someone else will have to step up here and the 40-year-old LeBron James on the second night of a back-to-back isn’t likely the secondary option in the third game of the season.
The line has been moving slightly in the Kings’ direction and I will buy into that as the Lakers continually disappoint in this spot whereas the Kings excel. Give me Sacramento +2.5 and sprinkle the ML (+120).”
Here are the best bets our model is projecting for the Suns and the Lakers:
· Moneyline: NBC Sports is leaning towards the value of Sacramento’s ML (+120)
· Spread: NBC Sports finds strength towards taking the points with Sacramento
· Total: NBC Sports has minimal confidence towards a play on the Total OVER 232.5 points, making the UNDER 232.5 its better bet on the Total
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