The Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Lakers will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 31.12.2022;
Kick-Off – 00:30 UK;
Venue – State Farm Arena (16.600);
City – Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+9) for Lakers – 1.724.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 234 – 1.728.
The Lakers have nowhere to go. Darvin Ham’s side needs a win, so LeBron James and his team will do everything they can to get the result they want. It’s possible that the visitors could put up some resistance to the Hawks, as the Hawks are far too shaky in the paint.
The Atlanta Hawks have scored at least 123 points in 3 of their last 5 home games. This meeting with the Lakers is likely to be productive, as the Lakers play a similar style of play.
The Atlanta Hawks played their last game without Trae Young, Clint Capela and De’Andre Hunter. Despite the absence of these players, the Hawks looked very good. Dejounte Murray and John Collins made good substitutions for the leaders, although they were unable to defeat the Brooklyn Nets. Nate McMillan’s men lost with a score of 107-108.
In the game against the Nets, Dejounte Murray scored 24 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists.
Against the Lakers, Young should be back on the court. Trae’s presence will give the Hawks more versatility on the offensive end. Capela and Hunter, on the other hand, should be gone.
The Hawks are averaging 114.3 points per game this season.
The Los Angeles Lakers continue to perform without Davis. Anthony seems to be too important for the Lakers right now. As soon as he broke down, the Los Angeles team’s results deteriorated significantly. Darvin Ham’s side has lost five of its last six games.
Yesterday, the Lakers lost to the Miami Heat (98-112). In that game, LeBron James scored 27 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.
The Lakers are still sitting in 13th place in the Western Conference standings. Their playoff hopes are severely underestimated as the Lakers are far too fluctuating to make it to the playoffs. They urgently need reinforcements.
The Lakers are in the top 3 of the worst teams for away defence (120.7).
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Atlanta Hawks: Dejounte Murray – Justin Holiday – AJ Griffin – John Collins – Onyeka Okongwu.
Los Angeles Lakers: Dennis Schröder – Patrick Beverley – Lonnie Walker IV – LeBron James – Thomas Bryant.
Clint Capela (Out), Trae Young (Day-to-day) and De’Andre Hunter (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Atlanta Hawks.
Anthony Davis (Out), LeBron James (Day-to-day), Dennis Schroder (Day-to-day), Austin Reaves (Day-to-day) and Lonnie Walker IV (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Los Angeles Lakers.
The fixture will be played at State Farm Arena (16.600) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 31st of December, 2022, at 00:30 UK Time.
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