The Lakers and Celtics meet up for the first time this regular season as they renew their historic rivalry at Crypto.com Arena tonight. Catch the game live on TNT from 10 pm ET, right after the Warriors vs Bucks clash.
Continue reading below to see my Same Game Parlay, but also visit our NBA Predictions page for picks on the side and total for Tuesday's 5-game slate.
Let's jump in now.
LA Lakers 1 – 10 Win Margin (+230)
There's not much value in backing the Celtics right now, after seeing them lose their last 2 games by 16 and 20 points. Offensively they've looked nowhere near the team from the first 3 games of this road trip and now they go up against their biggest rival the Lakers. LA comes into this one with a healthy big 3 of Davis, James and Westbrook. They just beat the Pistons on the road by 7 and are looking to start another run to shorten the gap between them and a playoff spot in the loaded West. Head-to-head meetings have been a toss-up between these two as each team has won 5 games in the last 10 played. The thing that gives me optimism has been the Lakers form in home games lately, they've covered in 4 of their last 5 outings and overall in the month of December they are 6-3 ATS in their last 9 played. I'm expecting a close one, with a lot of points scored and the Lakers ultimately coming out on top by a couple of points.