25* NBA CONFERENCE GAME OF THE MONTH
- Handicapper
- Team Del Genio
- League
- NBA
- Competition
- Portland Trail Blazers vs Los Angeles Lakers
- Time
- 02/26/2021 10:10 PM
- Bet Type
- Point Spread
- Pick
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Los Angeles Lakers -5 (-108)
(5D Reduced Juice)
- Outcome
- Win
- Analysis
- Our 25* NBA Western Conference Game of the Month is on the Los Angeles Lakers minus the points versus the Portland Trail Blazers at 10 pm et.
The reigning NBA champions have hit rock bottom after losing their fourth game in a row on Wednesday. Los Angeles put up little resistance in a 114-89 loss at the red-hot Utah Jazz despite being an 8.5-point underdog. The Lakers have lost five of their six games since Anthony Davis went out with an Achilles’ injury. Some help is on the way with Dennis Schroeder returning from COVID quarantine tonight. His absence in the last four games has cost Los Angeles a reliable scorer. He is averaging 14.2 points-per-game. These are the dog days of February with the All-Star Game looming. LeBron James is tired. Yet the Lakers need to get a win. They have not covered the point spread in their last four games but they have rebounded to cover the point spread in four of their last five games after not covering the point spread in four or five of their last six games. Los Angeles has covered the point spread in four of their last six games after not scoring more than 90 points in their last game.
Portland is struggling with a three-game losing streak after losing at Denver, 111-106 on Tuesday. Injuries are slowing down the Trail Blazers this season. They have been without big men Zach Collins and Jusuf Nurkic who are out indefinitely and C.J. McCollum has been on the shelf since mid-January with a foot injury. Harry Giles has also been out for more than a week with a calf injury. The attrition is taking a steady toll as Portland is scoring more than 3 points-per-game below their 114.8 points-per-game scoring average in their last five games. They allow their opponents to make 48.4% of their shots when playing on the road. The Blazers won the first game between these two teams on December 28th, 115-107, as a 6-point underdog. Yet the Lakers have covered the point spread in thirteen of their last twenty-one games when playing with revenge. Take the Los Angeles Lakers minus points.
Good luck - Team Del Genio.
