In a game featuring one of the hottest squads in the NBA, the Golden State Warriors (27-26, 8-2 in their last 10) battle the Los Angeles Lakers (30-26) at Chase Center on February 22, 2024. The Warriors are favorites by six points. The matchup’s over/under is set at 243.
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Spread: Lakers (+6) to Cover
- The spread for this matchup suggested by the model (5.3 points) is a little bit less than the 6-point edge DraftKings gives to the Warriors, though the data still has them as the favorite.
- Los Angeles’ ATS record is 26-30-0 this year.
- The Lakers have covered the spread twice when an underdog by 6 points or more this season (in four opportunities).
- Golden State has gone 27-24-2 ATS this season.
- When playing as at least 6-point favorites this season, the Warriors have an ATS record of 6-9.
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Total: Under 243
- In this matchup, the model projects a total (236.0 points) substantially lower than the DraftKings over/under (243 points). Bet on the under.
- Golden State and its opponent have broken the 243-point mark 19 times this year.
- Los Angeles’ games have had over 243 points 17 times this season.
- In the Warriors’ 53 games this season, the combined scoring has gone over the point total 30 times.
- Lakers games have hit the over 31 out of 56 times this season.
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Moneyline Winner: Warriors (-230)
- Prediction: Warriors 121, Lakers 115
- This season, Golden State has been favored 32 times and won 21, or 65.6%, of those games.
- Los Angeles has been victorious in 10, or 41.7%, of the 24 contests it has been chosen as an underdog in this season.
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Klay Thompson Rebounds Prop: Over 3.5
- Klay Thompson averages 17.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists per contest. Defensively, he averages 0.6 steals and 0.5 blocks.
- He has collected 3.5 rebounds per game, the same as his prop bet on Thursday.
- He’s finished over his set total for rebounds in 19 of 55 games with a prop so far this season.
- With 42.7 rebounds per game and 44.4 rebounds allowed, the Lakers are 22nd and 21st in the NBA, respectively.
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Austin Reaves Points Prop: Over 17.5
- Austin Reaves is putting up 15.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game. He’s draining 49.0% of his shots from the floor and 36.5% from 3-point range, with 1.7 treys per game.
- The 15.8 points Reaves has scored per game this season is 1.7 fewer than his prop bet over/under set for Thursday (17.5).
- He has gone up against a points prop bet in 36 games this season, and he’s gone over 17 times.
- This year, the Warriors are scoring 119.7 points per game (sixth-ranked in NBA) and ceding 118.2 points per contest (22nd-ranked).
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