Clippers vs Lakers Prediction & Player Prop of the Game: The Battle of Los Angeles

The Battle of Los Angeles caps off a a beautiful slate of games on Tuesday night in the NBA.

Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and the Clippers look to take down LeBron James and the Lakers in Crypto.com Arena.

Here is all the game information you need, a breakdown of my favorite side to bet on, and a must bet player prop, which is actually a Single Game Parlay. I mean, it’s Los Angeles…let’s have some fun 😉

It should be a good one in the City of Angels so let’s dive in…

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Los Angeles Clippers vs Los Angeles Lakers

• Game Date and Time: Tuesday, January 24th, 2023. 10:00 PM EST
• Game Location: Crypto.com Arena. Los Angeles, California
• Where to Watch: TNT/ NBA League Pass

Spread

• Clippers -5 (-110)
• Lakers +5 (-110)

MoneyLine

• Clippers (-195)
• Lakers (+165)

Total

• Over 230 (-110)
• Under 230 (-110)

ALL ODDS AVAILABLE HERE

Prediction

The Battle of LA should be full of drama just like all the mini-series and movies that get filmed right down the road.

The Clippers are sitting 6th in the West right now but only 2 games separate them and the Lakers, who sit 12th.

It is tight in the middle of the West and this is the portion of the season where good teams start to lay their claim for a playoff appearance and the pretenders fade away.

Both of these teams have work to do in the last half of the season to get themselves in a strong playoff position and that passion and grit will be on display tonight.

The Clippers have the better lineup, no doubt, especially with Leonard and George healthy and contributing.

But LeBron will have his stamp on this game, in more ways than one.

This feels like a LeBron type of night, where he comes out and puts the Lakers on his back to beat their inner city rivals.

The Clippers won both matchups earlier this season and I could see them getting another one tonight.

But I think the Lakers keep it close and cover the spread.

The Lakers go as LeBron goes and tonight, I think he goes. Hard.

Best Bet

Lakers +5 (-110)

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Player Prop of the Game

I. Zubac 1+ Assists/ D. Schroder 3+ Assists (-105)

Same Game Parlay at BETMGM

I didn’t love any individual prop in this game that had good value so let’s use this 2 man Same Game Parlay for my Prop of the Game.

Zubac is definitely boom or bust in the assists department but he has 1+ assist in 9 of the Clippers last 10 games and 1+ assist in 3 straight against the Lake Show.

The other half of this is Schroder to get 3+ assists. Schroder has 3+ helpers in 6 of his last 7 games and 8+ in 2 straight games.

He hasn’t played the Clippers so far this season on the Lakers but historically, he is a great facilitator against the Clips, with 3+ assists in 7 straight games.

For the nice -105 value on this play, I love it.

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