Los Angeles Lakers vs Oklahoma City Thunder Prediction & Picks - NBA
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by Lou Aguila | in NBA Picks
The Oklahoma City Thunder is 8-0 ATS in their last 8 games against the Los Angeles Lakers.
With the Thunder poised to finish off the Lakers in four games, picking OKC to cover -10.5 points doesn’t seem complicated at all.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are on the verge of returning to the Western Conference finals after winning the first three games of the Western Conference semis series with the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Thunder opened as the clear-cut favorites (-550 moneyline) to win Game 4 on Caesars Sportsbook, and that shouldn’t come as a surprise as OKC has manhandled the purple-and-gold in this series. Through the first three games, the Thunder has averaged 121.3 points on 53 FG% and held the Lakers to 101.6 points per game on 45 FG%.
The Lakers had done everything they could to stay competitive with the defending champions, but it feels like they just don’t have the firepower to outgun Shai Gilgeous Alexander and company.
The Lakers finished their regular-season campaign averaging 116.3 points per game on 50.0 FG%. Los Angeles has never scored more than 116 points in a game this postseason, which further highlights the absence of Luka Doncic from the lineup. Doncic, who averages 33.5 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 8.3 assists per game, will continue to miss games as he hasn’t recovered yet from a hamstring injury he sustained in the tail-end of the regular season.
Sporting a 1-5 record against the spread in their last six games, the Lakers don’t have a clear path to win or even cover the spread, even with a +10.5-point head-start, in Game 4 of this series.
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Los Angeles Lakers - Oklahoma City Thunder Key Points
- Oklahoma City is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
- Oklahoma City is 8-0 ATS in its last 8 games against LA Lakers.
- LA Lakers is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games.
- LA Lakers is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Oklahoma City.
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Our Los Angeles Lakers vs Oklahoma City Thunder Prediction
The Lakers will fight as hard as they can to extend this series. However, without Luka Doncic, who is their leading scorer and floor general, Los Angeles just doesn’t stand a chance against OKC.
OKC is a whopping 8-0 against the spread in their last 8 games against Los Angeles. It only means the Thunder have overcome huge spreads, which include three double-digit handicaps, to achieve such an impeccable record.
Averaging a winning margin of 20 points in this series, the Thunder will only face a 10.5-point handicap for Game 4. This is 2 points higher than the 8.5-point handicap in Game 3 and 5.5 points lower than the 15.5-point handicap set in Game 2.
The series clearly demonstrates the massive gap that separates Thunder from the Lakers. OKC has outclassed the Lakers literally and figuratively. After witnessing the Thunder obliterate the Lakers through the first three games, Game 4 is going to be hard to watch if you are a Lakers fan.
Our betting prediction for the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. the Los Angeles Lakers: The Thunder -10.5 points
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