Warriors vs. Lakers prediction, odds, spread: 2022 NBA picks, opening night best bets from proven model

The 2022 NBA season starts on Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET. Golden State Warriors are the defending champions. They are 7.5-point favorite against the Los Angeles Lakers. The over/under for points scored is 223. 5. A similar game between the two teams took place on opening night last season. SportsLine's advanced computer model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and returned well over $10,00 in profit for $100 players on its top-rated NBA picks over the past four seasons.

SportsLine's model has set its sights on Warriors vs. Lakers. The model is using NBA betting lines and trends. Warriors are -7.5, Lakers -320 and the game is 223.

Warriors vs. Lakers is a 2022 NBA game. The Warriors are favored by 7.5 points.

Lakers finished 11th in the Western Conference last season and missed the play-in tournament. They fired Frank Vogel and brought in Darvin Ham to take over. Patrick Beverley joins the roster and Ham will be hoping to improve the defense. Lakers have covered in two of their last three head-to-head games against the Warriors.

Golden State won 54-46-4 last season. The Lakers covered just 42.7% of the time. The Warriors have one of most impressive blends of veteran and young talent. Lakers were overvalued last year.

The model is leaning Under on the total, projecting 222 combined points. It also says one side of the spread hits almost 70% of time.