Luka Doncic and nan Los Angeles Lakers are 5-2 this play aft winning against nan Miami Heat connected Sunday night.
Now, they person a reliable back-to-back against nan Portland Trail Blazers – successful Portland – who hit them successful their first gathering this season. That crippled besides happened to beryllium nan 2nd nighttime of a back-to-back, though some Doncic and LeBron James didn’t play successful that game.
James is apt retired connected Monday, and there’s a chance that Doncic (and others) could beryllium connected nan 2nd nighttime of a back-to-back. As a result, nan Lakers are underdogs connected nan roadworthy successful this matchup.
Portland has won 3 games successful a row, including a adjacent triumph complete nan Denver Nuggets successful NBA Cup Group Play connected Friday night. Can this young squad compete for a play-in spot – aliases amended – successful nan 2025-26 season?
It’s surely possible, and different triumph complete nan Lakers would thief nan Blazers successful a reliable Western Conference.
Here’s a breakdown of nan odds, players to watch and my prediction for this Western Conference conflict connected Monday.
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This season, Jrue Holiday is showing he has a batch near successful nan tank, averaging 18.2 points and 8.7 assists per crippled for a Portland squad that is down 2 constituent guards successful Scoot Henderson and Damian Lillard.
Holiday is averaging 14.3 imaginable assists per game, and he’s picked up 7 aliases much dimes successful 5 of his six games. He did prime up conscionable six assists successful nan triumph complete nan Lakers earlier this season, but L.A. is conscionable 22nd successful nan convention successful force assists per game.
I’m buying Holiday pinch this prop statement group good beneath his play mean connected Monday.
The Blazers person won 3 games successful a row, but I’m going to return nan points pinch nan Lakers, who are 5-2 and only person losses to Golden State and this Portland squad (when L.A. was highly shorthanded).
If Doncic and Reaves some play connected Monday night, this statement whitethorn move successful favour of nan Lakers, truthful I don’t mind getting connected it early. Plus, Portland hasn't precisely been blowing retired teams, winning by 2 points connected nan roadworthy against Utah and by 2 points again successful an NBA Cup crippled pinch Denver.
The Lakers are eighth successful nan NBA successful violative rating, and they are 1 of nan toughest teams to defender pinch Doncic and Reaves some scoring astatine will successful isolation situations.
I deliberation this statement is putting excessively overmuch banal into Portland’s triumph complete a makeshift Lakers squad – that was besides connected a back-to-back successful that crippled – conscionable a week ago.
Pick: Lakers +3.5 (-115 astatine DraftKings)
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