The two Los Angeles teams in the NBA will do battle on Friday night, as the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers do battle from Crypto.com Arena. The Lakers are the designated home team for this matchup from the building that both teams call home for now, which means their colors and fans will be in the building. In our Friday night NBA predictions, we look at Clippers vs Lakers and decide what the best bet is for this critical Western Conference contest.
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Clippers vs Lakers Betting Pick
This game will be played at Crypto.com Arena at 10:00 PM ET on Friday, February 25, 2022.
Why Bet The Lakers:
✅ While Anthony Davis will be unavailable for the Lakers in this matchup, the losses of Paul George and Kawhi Leonard hurt the Clippers so much more. Expect the Lakers to find a way to win this game through the duo of LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, who will be asked to do a little more than usual offensively with Davis being out for this contest.
✅ The Clippers have won both matchups between the two Los Angeles NBA teams this season, but both games could have gone either way. The Clippers won those two games by a combined margin of five points, and this should be another tight contest on Friday night. Expect the Lakers to pick up the win this time around, as they have been so close to doing so in the first two Los Angeles based matchups of the season.
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✅ The Lakers are 18-13 at home this season, while the Clippers are 12-18 on the road. While both teams share this building, the home and away designations will come into play as Lakers ticket holders are going to be in attendance at this game rather than fans of the Clippers. That small difference could have a huge impact on this contest.
Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers enter the final stretch of the NBA regular season in the eighth spot in the Western Conference, just a game and a half ahead of the ninth place Los Angeles Lakers. In order to keep some distance between themselves and the Lakers, and to potentially avoid dropping lower in the play-in tournament standings, the Clippers will need a win in this game against the Lakers in Crypto.com Arena.
In order to get that win, the Clippers will need to force LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony to give up the basketball. Whether they do that by double teaming or some other means, making other members of the Lakers beat them is what the Clippers should try and do in order to win a third straight over their Los Angeles rivals this season.
Los Angeles Lakers
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers start the stretch run of the regular season in ninth place in the Western Conference, and would need to win two games in the play-in tournament to advance to the first round from there if the season ended today. Against the Los Angeles Clippers, the Lakers will be without Anthony Davis due to injury. But they will have LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, and Carmelo Anthony at their disposal for this key matchup.
Preventing the Clippers’ guards from getting to the paint will be huge for the Lakers to have success in this matchup. Easy runs to the rim are the biggest way that someone like Reggie Jackson can hurt the Lakers, as those would force defenders to sag off of him and allow him to get better looks at perimeter shots.