The Los Angeles Lakers (43-33, ninth in the Western Conference) are set to face the Washington Wizards (15-61, 14th in the Eastern Conference) at home on Wednesday at 7 p.m. EDT. The FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE has the Lakers as a 13-point favorite with an over/under of 234.5 points.
The Lakers have a 16-21 record on the road and lead the Western Conference in scoring with 16.7 fast break points per game led by LeBron James. On the other hand, Washington has struggled away from home with a 7-31 record and a 4-43 record against teams over .500.
The Wizards score 113.3 points per game while the Lakers give up 117.4 points. The Lakers average just 0.5 fewer made three-pointers per game than the Wizards allow, which will be tested in this matchup between two of the top three-point shooters in the league. This will be the second matchup between these two teams this season, with Washington winning their last meeting against Los Angeles by one point in overtime.
Corey Kispert and Jordan Poole are top performers for Washington, while Anthony Davis and D’Angelo Russell lead Los Angeles’ offense as they aim to continue their streak of six straight wins following their recent victory over Brooklyn on Monday night. The Wizards went just 2-8 in their last ten games before taking a break for All-Star Weekend, while Los Angeles went undefeated during that time frame and also took some time off due to injuries to key players like Christian Wood and Jarred Vanderbilt, who recently returned from injury but is still not yet fully healthy enough to play regularly for Los Angeles’ rotation team defense or special team lineups that require more energy than he can currently provide right now after coming back from injury too quickly without proper rest period before returning back into action again which could make him fatigued easily as well as his teammates because of his high workload thus affecting team morale that would eventually cause him to miss out on more games again later on if he doesn’t get enough rest time after each game
