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NBA Betting: The Suns can bury the LA Lakers' playoffs hopes

Josh Lloyd
·2-min read
The LA Lakers players look dejected on the bench.

It was weird having no NBA games yesterday, but I want to keep that positivity going here from Monday.

Portland Trail Blazers @ Oklahoma City Thunder

These teams are going to go to extraordinary lengths to out tank each other, so the spread is a tough one to pick.

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But, I do think there will be some comical defence played, making the game total feels a little too low. It is set at 221.5 and I think it goes over.

Best bet: Game Total - Over 221.5

Los Angeles Lakers @ Phoenix Suns

Yes, the Suns could take it easy, but they hate the Lakers and are consistently annoyed by all of the talk of the healthy Lakers being able to beat them.

So I am sure they will take great pleasure in stomping Los Angeles out of the playoffs well and truly.

Best bet: Handicap betting - Suns -11.5

Houston Rockets @ Brooklyn Nets

Jalen green has found a groove and while it is tempting to say that his 30 point game streak comes to end with a poor shooting night, the fact that his points line is only 24.5 gives him a nice buffer to still go over.

Brooklyn isn’t exactly known for defence, so I like Green to go over at $1.90 on TAB.

Jalen Green (pictured) of the Houston Rockets shakes hands with fans.
Jalen Green (pictured) has been in sensational form for the Rockets. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) (Alika Jenner via Getty Images)

Andre Drummond's assist lines are my weakness. It is only 1.5.

He had four assists two games ago, but it was surrounded by a bunch of one assist gamers. I do feel he can get to two here, so I am taking the over which is $1.90 on TAB.

Best bet: Player points - Green over 24.5

Best bet: Player rebounds - Drummond over 1.5

Washington Wizards @ Minnesota Timberwolves

The Wizards still won’t start Deni Avdija, but he has been playing a strong allocation of minutes and rebounding the ball well.

His line is 5.5 on Sportsbet and over is $1.91, so that’s what I will take.

Best bet: Player rebounds - Avdija over 5.5

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