Lakers News: Betting On LA To Return To .500 Against Houston Tonight
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Your Los Angeles Lakers will square off against the lowly Houston Rockets tonight at the Toyota Center, starting at 5 p.m. PT.
The Lakers will be without their two future first-ballot Hall of Famers, small forward LeBron James and center Anthony Davis. But against such a disorganized Rockets club that would be happy to not win another game this season, LA should still claim victory. At least, that's what Vegas oddsmakers are expecting, per The Action Network.
Let's dive in to some gambling odds and lines.
The Game Spread
Los Angeles opened as four-point favorites on the road, but the over/under line has since shifted to 3.5 points. Here's hoping their incredible three-point shooting effort last night carries over today against a putrid Rockets defense, and that D'Angelo Russell can improve on his 5-of-15 scoring run yesterday. Take LA to cover.
D'Angelo Russell's Combined Points + Assists
D-Lo's over/under in total points and assists vacillates between 30.5 and 29.5 depending on the site. I'm confident that he'll rebound after the aforementioned poor shooting performance yesterday, and he always seems to deliver in the assists department. Across his seven games with LA, the 6'4" vet is averaging 18.9 points on .500/.444/.857 shooting splits and 5.7 dimes. Zooming in a bit on his last three games he's played since a six-contest injury absence, those numbers leap up to numbers more in line with this over/under: 26 points on .549/.500/1.000 shooting splits and 6.7 assists (which together would be 32.7). Take the over.
Malik Beasley's Made Three-Pointers
This number is hard to predict, as though Beasley is one of the most high-volume three-point shooters in the league, he is not hyper-efficient. I'm not saying he shouldn't heave it from deep every chance he gets, as defenses still respect him, but that makes predicting this a bit tough. In his 13 contests with Los Angeles, Beasley is taking 8.0 three-point attempts per game, and making 2.8 of them (35.6%). His over/under for tonight is 3.5 total made triples. He can be a bit hit-or-miss from deep. Yesterday, he went 7-of-12 from deep. But prior to that, he hadn't connected on more than three treys in a game since LA's February 23rd win against the Warriors, when he shot 7-of-11 from long range. Take the under.
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