The All-Star Weekend festivities are over and the NBA regular season resumes with a 9-game slate this Thursday. I'm focusing on the Warriors vs Lakers clash tipping off on TNT from 10 pm ET. Continue reading below to see my Same Game Parlay for that game.
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Let's dive into my SGP bet now.
Under 238 Total Points (-110)
The recent trades made by the Lakers have significantly lowered the scoring in their games. In 3 of their last 4 we saw under 223 points which is massive for a team that is no stranger to games finishing in the high 230s or even the 240s on a regular basis. The total has gone under in 5 of their last 7 played at home, where they are 13-15 on the O/U this season. I'm expecting the under to land once again here, judging by the two meetings so far this season which saw only 232 and 212 points I think that's a really solid bet. Over the last 10 meetings we've seen an average of just 225.5 points per game, plus with the likes of Stephen Curry and Andrew Wiggins both potentially missing this game for the Warriors they might struggle to find points. The Lakers do get LeBron James back, which should increase the pace a bit, but the memo is pretty clear for LA here, when they play defense they can hope to have success and I think for the remaining 23 games they'll improve d ramatically on that end of the floor.