Los Angeles Lakers vs Indiana Pacers Prediction & Picks - NBA
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by Stephen Abiola | in NBA Picks
LA Lakers (37-25) will begin their five-game home stand on Friday night with a game against Indiana Pacers (15-47) at Crypto.com Arena. The Lakers have struggled to convince lately after dropping five of their last 10 matches to sit in the sixth position, 11 games behind the Thunder. This also means they’re just two games ahead of the seventh-placed Suns, putting pressure on them to start winning consistently to secure a playoff spot.
Indiana Pacers, on the other hand, are lottery-bound after a disastrous performance in the Eastern Conference. It was a gap season for them after Tyrese Haliburton was ruled out for the rest of the season after tearing his Achilles tendon. With Halliburton out, the Pacers’ attack is languishing at the bottom of the NBA table, 111.3 PPG, which is only good for 28th. They could be in for their eighth straight loss on Friday.
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Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana Pacers Latest Matches
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Los Angeles Lakers against Indiana Pacers : Head to Head (H2H)
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Players list
M. Smart
A. Reaves
R. Hachimura
A. Nembhard
J. Walker
P. Siakam
Substitutes
C. Manon
K. Bufkin
D. Knecht
L. Kennard
B. James
J. Laravia
D. Timme
A. Thiero
J. Vanderbilt
B. Sheppard
Q. Jackson
K. Jones
T. McConnell
K. Brown
M. Potter
O. Toppin
Los Angeles Lakers - Indiana Pacers Key Points
- The Pacers are 1-7 in their last eight matches all-time.
- The Pacers are 2-6 in their last eight away matches.
- The Pacers lost against the spread in their last seven matches.
- The Lakers are 3-1 in their last four matches.
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Our Los Angeles Lakers vs Indiana Pacers Prediction
The Lakers are the heavy -480 betting favorites, which is understandable. They’ve hit form at the right time as the race to secure automatic playoff spots in the Western Conference heats up. The hosts saw their three-game winning run ended on Thursday night by the Nuggets on the road and will want to bounce back immediately against the struggling Pacers. While they may still need to earn a win on Friday night, we expect James and Doncic to lead a blowout mission. Note that the Pacers have given up an average of 128.57 points in their last seven games. That pretty much sums it up.
Our prediction for LA Lakers vs Indiana Pacers: LA Lakers to comfortably cover -9.5 spread.
All tips are fully researched and given in good faith, but profits cannot be guaranteed.
