Lakers vs Warriors NBA Lines & Expert Analysis

The NBA comes out of its All-Star break on Thursday with a busy schedule, highlighted by the Los Angeles Lakers – perhaps without LeBron James – visiting the Golden State Warriors in the second game of a TNT doubleheader with the Dubs favored on the NBA odds. 2024 NBA Expert Analysis LA Lakers vs Golden State | MyBookie Sportsbook NBA Week 17

Where: Chase Center
TV: TNT
Stream: TNT app
Radio: Tunein.com

Anthony Davis scored 37 points with 15 rebounds. His shooting efficiency has been impressive this season with a 55 percent success rate from the field, contributing to an average of 24.6 points and 12.1 rebounds per game.

The Lakers’ pick and roll offense has been improving all year and is now regularly putting up fantastic games. Their current 15-game average form of 1.115 points per possession is a season high. After listless and selfish play in the half-court early in the year, Los Angeles is tied for first in assists per contest in their last 15 games. The improved passing has been a team-wide development, but individually, the biggest strides have come from Davis. In those past 15 games, he has assisted on the 3rd-most makes out of the post in the league.

It’s possible that LeBron is out for this game with that troublesome ankle that limited his minutes in Sunday’s All-Star Game. James said afterward that the treatment he would get this week could “possibly” sideline him, but we rather doubt it.

“I feel pretty good. I mean, I feel okay,” James said after the ASG. “I definitely wasn’t going to put too much pressure on the game tonight for me, physically. I want to try to be as healthy as I can be. When we get to this last part of the season, it’s very important for us to make sure of that.”

Los Angeles signed veteran guard Spencer Dinwiddie off waivers recently and he has been a solid contributor in two games, averaging 8.0 points and 5.5 assists. Dinwiddie chose the Lakers over Dallas. The Lakers were able to give Dinwiddie a bit more money than other teams, which helped in his decision, as did the fact that he would be returning to where he grew up as a Southern California native.