LiontipsLakers vs Detroit. Predictions and Betting Tips for NBA
Command Analysis
King James decided to start the building of a new team at the start of the season, but seems like everything went wrong. Now Lakers are having a hard time, but their squad is filled with NBA stars. Everyone think that Frank Vogel is the one to blame, he can't teach his players to play defense.
Lakers are going all the way down, because of their lack of consistency since the start of the regular season. Of course there is still enough time to change the situation, but now club is too far from being considered a championship contender. We should remind that in the most recent match Los Angeles team suffered a home defeat to Sacramento in overtime (137:141). LeBron James posted a double-double, but it was not enough.
Since the start of the season Pistons knew that they have no objectives in the current season and their only possible fate is to lay at the bottom of the table. Board decided not to do blockbuster trades and just let their veterans go, now team is counting on young players.
Detroit can not worry about the result, they already lost too many games. Dwane Casey's men can't find a victory for five consecutive matches, but sometimes they are able to create problems to top teams of the league. For example, in the previous match Pistons tried to compete against the Clippers and even managed to put up a fight (96:107). Jerami Grant was one of the best offensive players on the court and finished the game with 20 points in the asset.
Trends
СтавкаLakers: total under 115.5 points
Club managed to beat the total only in two out of five most recent head-to-head matches
СтавкаDetroit: total under 110,5 points
Only in one out of five most recent matches Pistons managed to beat that total
СтавкаTotal of tied quarters - under 0.5
In five most recent head-to-head matches not a single quarter ended in a draw
Tip and bets
Despite the fact that both teams are in a poor form now, we think that Lakers are a clear favourite of the match, they are far more ambitious than their opponent. LeBron James and co will do anything to clinch a play-off berth, so they need to record a victory in the match against the underdog.
In our opinion, Lakers should be able to put up a good performance at home against the terrible offense of Detroit, so we are expecting a confident victory from the hosts.
Our prediction - Handicap (-8.5) points on Los Angeles Lakers
With a squad Lakers have, they could easily be at the top of the Western conference, but seems like they are not looking for the easy way. Frank Vogel's men are their own worst enemies and we think that in the next game we won't see a good offensive performance from them once again. In this case, we can offer to place a bet on total under.
Our second bet is on total under 220.5 points
