Los Angeles Lakers vs. Los Angeles Clippers odds, tips and betting trends

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01 November 2023

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Los Angeles Clippers odds, tips and betting trends

Pacific Division foes square off when the Los Angeles Lakers (2-2) welcome in the Los Angeles Clippers (3-1) at Crypto.com Arena, beginning at 10:00 PM ET on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. It’s the first matchup between the clubs this season.

The Lakers enter their game against the Clippers as a 5.5-point favorite. The matchup features a point total of 226.

Lakers vs. Clippers Betting Odds

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Spread: Los Angeles -5.5
Total: 226
Moneyline: Los Angeles -224, Los Angeles +183

Pick ATS: Clippers (+ 5.5)
Pick OU:
Under (226)
Prediction:
Lakers 113 – Clippers 110

The Lakers won 20 of the 31 games they were favored on the moneyline last season (64.5%).
The Lakers had a record of 11-2 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -224 or shorter last year (84.6%).
Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Lakers’ implied win probability is 69.1%.

The Clippers won nine, or 30%, of the 30 games they played as underdogs last season.
The Clippers did not win as an underdog of +183 or more on the moneyline last season in 10 games with those odds or longer.
The moneyline for this contest implies a 35.3% chance of a victory for the Clippers.

Last year, the 117.2 points per game the Lakers scored were just 4.1 more points than the Clippers allowed (113.1).
The Lakers went 32-17-1 against the spread and 34-16 overall last season when they scored more than 113.1 points.
The Clippers went 21-9 against the spread and 26-4 overall last season when they scored more than 116.6 points.
The Lakers went 25-10 against the spread and 26-9 overall last season when allowing fewer than 113.6 points.
Last season, the Lakers were the league’s sixth-ranked scoring team (117.2 PPG), while the Clippers were the 12th-ranked defense in terms of points per game (113.1) in NBA action.
The Clippers were the NBA’s 17th-ranked scoring squad (113.6 PPG) a season ago, while the Lakers ranked 20th in terms of allowed points per game (116.6 PPG).
The Lakers totaled 47 more points than their opponents last season (0.6 per game on average), and the Clippers scored 41 more points than their opponents (0.5 per game).

The average implied total for the Lakers last season was 118.9 points, 2.9 more points than their implied total of 116 points in Wednesday’s game.
Last year, the Lakers scored more than 116 points in a game 44 times.
The 115-point average implied total last season for the Clippers is five more points than the team’s 110-point implied total in this matchup.
The Clippers scored more than 110 points in all of their games.