The Lakers stood pat at the NBA trade deadline while the Warriors made a flurry of deals. Despite a remade roster, the Warriors are in the league basement for a reason — and are justified in Sportsbook as 13.5-point home underdogs.
- Date/Time: February 8, 8:30 p.m. ET
- Arena: Chase Center
- TV Coverage: ABC, TSN 1
- Sportsbook Odds: Lakers -13.5 | O/U 224.5
- Lakers vs Warriors Matchup Report
Sportsbook Odds Analysis
The Lakers are the top team in the Western Conference, along with having the best road record in the NBA. The Warriors, on the other hand, are the NBA’s worst team and just traded three of their four best scorers, so it’s no surprise that Los Angeles opened as whopping 13.5-point road favorites.
Los Angeles News & Notes
The Lakers stood pat at Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, not making any moves and sticking with a roster that is sitting in first place in the Western Conference at 38-12.
Their first post-deadline game did not go as planned, however, as the Lakers lost 121-111 at home Thursday night against a Houston Rockets club that had James Harden take the Sportsbook tipoff — and didn’t have a single player taller than 6’7” play the entire game.
Despite the loss, the Lakers have still won 14 of their last 19 games, they are an NBA-best 21-5 on the road and they face a Golden State team on Saturday which sits dead last in the league standings. The Lakers are 6-3 ATS in their last nine games against the Warriors, including a 120-94 victory earlier this season.
Golden State News & Notes
In a season that’s surprisingly been full of injuries, losses and a current last-place spot in the NBA standings, the Warriors had one more surprise in store as they made the biggest trade at Thursday’s NBA trade deadline.
Golden State sent guard D’Angelo Russell, along with depth players Jacob Evans and Omari Spellman, to Minnesota in exchange for former first-overall pick Andrew Wiggins and draft picks. They also traded away Glenn Robinson III and Alec Burks to Philadelphia for draft picks.
While Wiggins was averaging 22.4 points per game this season, the Warriors are 25th in league scoring and traded away three of their four best healthy scorers at the deadline. What was already a talent-thin roster has even less depth now, so they will be hard-pressed Saturday to break out of their recent funk which has them 1-7 SU at home and 3-13 SU overall.
Betting Pick: LAKERS -13.5
Los Angeles had a surprising home by the small-ball Rockets on Thursday, but the small-ball Warriors are a far inferior team — and the Lakers will want to make a statement.
- The OVER is 10-3 in the Lakers' last 13 games.
- The UNDER is 5-1 in the last 6 games in this matchup.
- LeBron James leads the NBA in assists.
