Offense may be surprisingly hard to come by when the Golden State Warriors, on the second half of a back-to-back, take on the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday. The UNDER has hit in the past four meetings between the Warriors and Lakers with the two teams averaging a combined 201.5 points. That being said, the Lakers are getting into shootouts this season.
- The Warriors are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games within the Pacific Division.
- The visiting team is 1-5 SU in its last six games between the Warriors and Lakers.
- The Warriors are 4-22 SU in their last 26 games on the road against the Lakers.
Luke Walton will be facing the Warriors for the first time since taking the coaching job for the Lakers this past offseason. Though early in the year, Walton has turned the worst offense in the NBA last season into a top-10 scoring squad behind the guard trio of D’Angelo Russell, Jordan Clarkson and Lou Williams.
Golden State has gone a perfect 3-0 SU on the road during this young season, but is just 1-2 ATS in that spot. The Warriors were unable to cover either of their road games as double-digit faves, with an average scoring margin of plus-seven points, and opened as 11-point favorites Friday.
Sportsbook Odds & Computer Pick
Los Angeles Lakers opened as 11-point underdogs at online sportsbook Sportsbook, while the NBA total line was sitting around 227 at Sportsbook for those who prefer OVER/UNDER betting on the total amount of points scored.
Handicapping prediction models run by the computers at Odds Shark pick a 113-109 result in favor of the Warriors. View the computer score prediction and who will win the pick on the moneyline for all upcoming NBA matchups here.
Golden State Warriors vs Los Angeles Lakers Matchup
Team Betting Records & Power Rankings
The Golden State Warriors will try to spoil the party on Friday; they are 2-3 ATS against the betting spread this NBA season, while the Los Angeles Lakers are 4-1 ATS. Golden State is 3-2 vs the betting total points scored; Los Angeles is 3-2. Stay Informed: follow us on Twitter for odds specials, betting line moves and Los Angeles vs Golden State injuries news.
The Odds Shark betting Power Rankings have the Los Angeles Lakers at No. 26 and the Golden State Warriors at No. 1 heading into this NBA contest.
Statistical Matchup
Offensively the game matches up Los Angeles's No. 9-ranked offense (107.2 PPG) against a Golden State Warriors defense that ranks No. 22 at 108.6 PPG. The Los Angeles Lakers have averaged 45.66% from the field per game, less than the Golden State Warriors have managed so far this NBA season (49.09% on average).
Recent Outings Betting Recap
The battle between the Warriors and Thunder didn't turn out to be much of a battle at all as Oklahoma City was handed a 122-96 defeat on Thursday at Oracle Arena.
The Lakers got 23 points from D'Angelo Russell as Los Angeles ran past Atlanta 123-116 on Wednesday at Philips Arena.
- Golden State is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games
- Golden State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
- Golden State is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
- Golden State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
- LA Lakers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
- LA Lakers is 5-17 SU in its last 22 games
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Lakers's last 6 games
- LA Lakers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Next Betting Matchups
Golden State home to New Orleans, Monday, November 7th
Los Angeles home to Phoenix, Sunday, November 6th
