Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Lakers 1/31/20 - NBA Betting Picks & Odds
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Lakers
NFL: 10:30 PM EST
Jan. 31, 2020
TV: ESPN, NSNW, SPEC
Latest Odds : LAL -13 Total 230.5
The Portland team is heading into Los Angeles after taking down the Houston Rockets by a score of 125-112. The win did not really improve the Trail Blazers position in the Northwest as Portland is still 11.5 games out of first. However, the win did improve the Portland Trail Blazers record to 21-27 on the year.
On the year the Trail Blazers have put in a total of 112.8 points a game. The defense for Portland has allowed 114.9 points per game. The Trail Blazers have pulled down 46 boards per game, but have ended up getting a horrible number of assist a game that has Portland ranked 30th in the NBA with 19.9 a game.
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The Lakers are still having fall out from the death of mega star player, but retired player, Kobe Bryant. The Lakers on the year, though, are sitting in first place in the Pacific Division with a 36-10 record on the year. This is the first game back on the court since the passing of Kobe Bryant and the last game before that was a 108-91 loss to Philadelphia.
Scoring for the Lakers has been done to the tune of 113.5 points a game. The defense for Los Angeles has allowed only 106.3 points a game. The rebounding for Los Angeles has pulled down 45.5 boards per game, but has managed to get 25.8 assist a game.
Recent Betting Trends:
Portland are 5-13 ATS in their last 18 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Portland's last 6 games.
LA Lakers are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Lakers' last 9 games.
Free Betting Pick: Los Angeles Lakers -13
The Lakers will be fueled with emotions in this game and that can be a good thing or a bad thing. In this game, though, playing at home the emotions will be good as the Lakers want to win the games for Kobe. Look for the Lakers to play great in the game and not make many mistakes in the game, but the Trail Blazers level of resistance will definitely be good in the game, but simply not enough to make a difference. Final Score, Los Angeles Lakers win 117-103.