The Los Angeles Lakers will meet the Milwaukee Bucks on a Thursday for the second straight week. The Bucks defeated the Lakers, 126-106, in Milwaukee final week of their first assembly of the season, and the 2 will now go head-to-head in Los Angeles. LeBron James (groin) missed final week and is probably going out once more. The Lakers play the second half of a back-to-back after defeating the Nuggets, 120-108, on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Luka Doncic had 31 factors, eight rebounds and 7 assists because the Lakers improved to 43-25 general, together with 28-7 at residence. The Bucks have misplaced back-to-back video games and enter at 38-30 general, together with 14-18 on the street. Giannis Antetokounmpo (knee) and Damian Lillard (groin) are possible for the Bucks.
Tipoff is about for 10:30 p.m. ET from Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles. The Bucks are 3.5-point favorites within the newest Lakers vs. Bucks odds from the SportsLine Consensus, whereas the over/underneath for factors scored is 227. The Bucks are -153 (danger $153 to win $100) money-line favorites, whereas the Lakers are +128 underdogs.
The SportsLine Projection Mannequin simulates each NBA sport 10,000 instances and has returned nicely over $10,000 in betting revenue for $100 gamers on its top-rated NBA picks over the previous six-plus seasons. Listed here are the mannequin’s NBA finest bets for Bucks vs. Lakers on Thursday:
Lakers +3.5 (-110 at Fanatics)
The Lakers are 3-0 throughout their present five-game homestand and have the third-best residence successful proportion (.800) this season. All three wins got here with James sidelined as they’ve remained dominant at residence even with out one in every of their superstars. The Lakers have received 9 straight residence video games, and their solely loss in Los Angeles with Doncic on the roster got here the primary time they performed collectively. Doncic is averaging 28.3 factors, 9.3 rebounds and 9.7 assists over the homestand with out James within the lineup. In the meantime, the Bucks have misplaced back-to-back video games and so they play the second of a five-game West Coast street journey. Milwaukee is 2-5 over its final seven video games, which has the mannequin projecting the Lakers to cowl the unfold in nicely over 60% of simulations. The Lakers are 3.5-point underdogs on a number of sportsbooks, however Fanatics Sportsbook is presently providing the perfect odds at -110.
Beneath 227 factors (-110 at Bet365)
The Beneath has hit in back-to-back Bucks video games and in 4 of Milwaukee’s final six contests. Though the Bucks and Lakers are each full of stars and sometimes regarded as high-octane offensive groups, they’re common to under common in scoring this season. The Bucks are fifteenth within the league at 114.2 factors per sport after being a top-six scoring offense in every of the final six seasons. The Lakers are nineteenth in scoring offense at 113.1 factors per sport. All this has the mannequin projecting the Beneath to hit in nicely over 60% of simulations.
Damian Lillard Over 4.5 Rebounds (+150 at BetMGM)
Lillard has gone Over his rebounding complete in 4 of his final 5 video games when the Bucks are street favorites, averaging 5.4 rebounds per sport in these contests. That bodes nicely for his participant prop for Thursday and the nine-time NBA All-Star is averaging 4.7 rebounds per sport this season. He grabbed six rebounds towards the Lakers on March 13 and adopted that with 10 rebounds towards the Pacers on Saturday. As 6-foot-10 ahead Bobby Portis stays suspended, there are extra rebounding alternatives for Lillard and the remainder of the crew with the guards needing to assault the glass extra typically. Some sportsbooks are providing Lillard at 3.5 rebounds with the Over as a heavier favourite, however the mannequin views Over 4.5 rebounds at +150 odds at BetMGM as the perfect worth.
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