Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors Betting Odds, Analysis

January 14th, 2016 by OddsShark.com Leave a reply »
The defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors (36-3) are coming off just their third loss of the season, a 112-110 defeat to the Denver Nuggets Wednesday, and will be playing back-to-back nights when they host the Los Angeles Lakers (9-31) on Thursday.

The Warriors have covered the spread in their following game after each of their previous two losses, and they will attempt to beat the Lakers for the third time this season. Golden State is a big 17-point betting favorite at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.

In the first two meetings with Los Angeles, Golden State played tough defense, limiting its opponent to only 82.5 points per game while averaging 110. The Warriors are 7-1 straight up and 6-2 against the spread in the previous eight games between the teams, according to the Odds Shark NBA Database, including a 109-88 victory as 13.5-point road favorites at the Staples Center on January 5.

Golden State does have some injury concerns though, as power forward Draymond Green sat out the team’s 112-110 loss to the Denver Nuggets as 9.5-point road favorites on Wednesday. Interim head coach Luke Walton decided to rest Green to avoid any p ...

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