oklahoma city thunder 104 vs los angeles lakers 116

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OKC

59-25

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104

OKC LAL

116

LAL

47-38

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ANALYSIS

The Thunder travel to Los Angeles to face the Lakers on Tuesday night as both teams compete for a spot in the play-in tournament.

All the focus for the Lakers currently is on LeBron James’ chase to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for number one on the NBA’s all time scoring list. LeBron is 36 points away from Kareem, so with a good performance on Tuesday he could break the record. He is averaging 30.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 7.1 assists per game this year. The Lakers are 25-29, two games back from the play-in tournament.

The Thunder are neck and neck with the Lakers, at 25-27 they are a game ahead of LA and a game out of the play-in games. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the way for OKC with 31.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 5.6 assists per game this year. Sophomore Josh Giddey is having a really solid season as well, putting up 16.2 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 5.9 assists per game. The Thunder are coming off a back to back on Tuesday, they are 2-4 in such games this year.

WHY BET ON THE oklahoma city thunder

The Thunder are 7-3 ATS in their last ten games, and a stellar 33-19 ATS all year.

WHY BET ON THE los angeles lakers

The Lakers are only 12-17-1 ATS when playing at home vs. a Western conference opponent. The under has hit in three out of the last four Laker home games.