The Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 31.01.2023;
Kick-Off – 00:30 UK;
Venue – Barclays Center (19.000);
City – Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-7) for Nets – 1.644.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Under 236 – 1.755.
In the previous game, the Brooklyn Nets defeated the New York Knicks by seven points. The Knicks played their core lineup. The Lakers will have some problems with that, so we doubt they will do any better.
The loss of Davis and James will surely affect the Lakers’ performance. It’s likely that the Lakers will not be able to play a productive game. In 4 of the last 5 meetings between the Nets and the Lakers, the teams have not scored more than 227 points. In this regard, we suggest paying attention to the option with a low-scoring game.
The Brooklyn Nets won their last game of the regular season. They defeated the New York Knicks (122-115). In this game, we note the successful play of Kyrie Irving. He scored 32 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists against the Knicks.
The Brooklyn Nets are still without Kevin Durant. He’s out with a knee injury.
The Brooklyn Nets are in the top 4 of the Eastern Conference. The team has played 49 games with 30 wins and 19 losses.
The Nets have been worse defensively since Durant’s injury, but not critically, allowing 117 or fewer points in seven of nine games.
Three wins and two losses. The result of the Los Angeles Lakers’ last games. In the last round, the Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics (121-125). The game went overtime, though. The regular time ended in a tie (105-105).
The best player of the game was Lakers’ leader LeBron James with 41 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists.
James picked up an ankle injury against the Celtics.
The Los Angeles Lakers are 13th in the Western Conference with 23 wins and 27 losses. They are three wins away from the play-in zone.
The Lakers are averaging 117.1 points per game (away: 116.3).
The Lakers have lost four of six meetings by five points or less in 2023.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Brooklyn Nets: Kyrie Irving – Seth Curry – Tobias Harris – Royce O’Neale – Nic Claxton.
Los Angeles Lakers: Dennis Schröder – Patrick Beverley – Troy Brown Jr. – LeBron James – Anthony Davis.
Kevin Durant (Out), Ben Simmons (Day-to-day) and T.J. Warren (Day-to-day) are injured for the Brooklyn Nets.
Austin Reaves (Out), Anthony Davis (Out), LeBron James (Out) and Lonnie Walker IV (Day-to-day) are injured for the Los Angeles Lakers.
The fixture will be played at Barclays Center (19.000) in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
This starting whistle will sound on the 31st of January, 2023, at 00:30 UK Time.
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