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The Oklahoma City Thunder welcomes the Los Angeles Lakers to Game 2 of the semifinal clash in the Western Conference playoffs. OKC took a comfortable 108-90 lead in the first game, continuing as the only team with a perfect record since the playoffs began. Let’s get into our Oklahoma City Thunder vs Los Angeles Lakers match prediction.
For the Lakers, they couldn’t have been matched with a worse opponent. LA have faced OKC five times now this season and lost every single one. And it was pure dominance after pure dominance as the Thunder kept the Lakers to fewer than 97 points in four of those five games. For many, it’s no surprise after OKC’s 4-0 sweep of the Suns in the quarterfinals.
To worsen things for LA, Luka Doncic is still ruled out for Game 2, leaving the Lakers without the man with the highest points per game (PPG) in the regular season. Still, you can’t count LeBron’s Lakers out just yet. If any man can navigate the finals, it’s this man himself.
With Doncic out since the postseason tournament began, LeBron has had to step into the main man role. And he’s done so quite nicely. In the seven playoff games he’s played so far, LeBron has finished with the most points across both teams in four games, even doing so in Game 1 against OKC.
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Oklahoma City Thunder v Los Angeles Lakers Best Betting Odds
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1.11 | 7.25 |
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1.1 | 7 |
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1.11 | 7 |
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1.11 | 7 |
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Who will win the Oklahoma City Thunder vs Los Angeles Lakers Basketball game?
Our prediction for the Oklahoma City Thunder vs Los Angeles Lakers match is: LeBron scores over 19.5 points.
The best winner predictions and betting odds for the Oklahoma City Thunder vs Los Angeles Lakers game on 07/05/2026 of the current NBA season:
- Oklahoma City Thunder has a 74.97% chance to pick up the win against Los Angeles Lakers according to Bet365 ⭐ with the odds of 1.11.
- There is a probability of 25.03% ⭐ for Los Angeles Lakers to win vs Oklahoma City Thunder with odds of 7.25 at Bet365.
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Players list
A. Mitchell
L. Dort
M. Smart
A. Reaves
L. James
R. Hachimura
Substitutes
N. Topic
C. Wallace
J. McCain
I. Joe
A. Caruso
A. Wiggins
J. Williams
D. Knecht
N. Smith Jr.
L. Kennard
B. James
J. Laravia
A. Thiero
M. Kleber
Oklahoma City Thunder - Los Angeles Lakers Key Points
- LeBron has scored over 19.5 points in five of his seven playoff games.
- LeBron has averaged 23.7 points per game in the postseason playoffs.
- In his last 10 games versus OKC, LeBron has averaged 22.6 points.
- LeBron has the 5th-highest usage rating in the playoffs so far (29.7%).
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Our Oklahoma City Thunder vs Los Angeles Lakers Prediction
With the Lakers looking to avoid a 2-0 mountain, expect LeBron James to bag at least 20 points tonight. He is already the player with the 5th-highest usage rate in the playoffs, meaning you can expect him to play all four quarters against OKC.
That was the case in Game 1, where the 41-year-old legend played 36 minutes across all four quarters, which saw him drop 27 as the game’s highest scorer. Hence, our Oklahoma City Thunder vs Los Angeles Lakers prediction is that LeBron scores over 19.5 points.
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