Lakers vs Nets

Austin Wing previews Monday's NBA game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets, including a betting prediction.

The content on this page is for informational purposes only. I anticipate the Lakers will play with some fire after their controversial game against the Celtics. We may be compensated for the links provided on this page. The Nets are in a lookahead spot as they face the division rival Celtics on Wednesday. To add to that theory, the Nets are primed for a let-down in a game sandwiched between two divisional contests. I make this line Nets -6 and see some value on the underdog here. The Lakers are coming off a controversial overtime loss to the Celtics on Saturday night. I don’t think this hefty line is justified — especially without Durant in the lineup. The Lakers are second in the league in points in the paint, but I don’t expect them to have much success in that area with Claxton protecting the paint. Digging even further, the Lakers are 0-5 SU and 0-4-1 ATS without James on the road. Kevin Durant is still on the injured list with a sprained MCL, but the good news is he will begin participating in on-court activities this week. Nonetheless, the Lakers will still need to perform without their superstars.

Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets held off a Los Angeles Lakers team that had neither LeBron James or Anthony Davis available at the Barclays Center.

The refs swallowed the whistle, LeBron and the Lakers went nuts and and the game went to overtime where the Celtics would down the Lakers in the first game of their East Coast road trip. We have a two week break from the NFL, but no worries there is plenty of NBA action to get us through the break in-between the Championship Round and the Super Bowl. Hello everyone and welcome to Brooklyn where the the Nets are looking to turn things around after a rough patch over the last month. He hits the FT to complete the three point play. O'Neale with the floater in the paint and gets fouled from behind! The Lakers had a dreadful start to their season and things have only been getting worse. FT is good and the lead is inside 10. Westbrook fighting on the offensive glass and it pays off in the form of two free throws. Timeout LA with 10:00 to go in the fourth quarter. Curry gets credit for the mid range jumper, but Bryant is the one who went up and goal tended the ball on it's way to the rim. Royce O’Neale got the Nets going early on with three quick buckets and Brooklyn flew out to a double digit lead. FT is good and the Nets are at 100 for the night!

LeBron James and Anthony Davis are out of the lineup as the Los Angeles Lakers prepare to face the Brooklyn Nets.

This means attacking the paint and kicking out to open shooters, exposing the relatively weak defensive rotation of Nets guards, is their best path to success. The Nets have been able to win games leaning on both their offense and defense, something that hasn’t been true for most of this era of Nets basketball. Defensively, the guard trio of Russell Westbrook, Patrick Beverley and Dennis Schroder faces off against Irving, one of the most skilled and hardest-to-guard players in the league. Schroder and Beverley have had success taking away elite guards at various times this season, and this figures to be one of their toughest tests. The Nets have the NBA’s No. This is the second game of a five-game road trip for L.A.