LeBron James and his LA Lakers hope to stay undefeated as they hit the road and take on the Phoenix Suns who they’ve already beaten once this season. Will the Lakers get off to a winning start to their 5-game road trip, or can the Suns avenge their defeat from last week?
The Phoenix Suns and LA Lakers meet on 28.10.2024, in a clash between two Western Conference powerhouses. The game will be played at the Footprint Center (Phoenix) with the home team Phoenix Suns being slightly favored at 1.64 odds to grab the victory.
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Phoenix Suns |
Sat, 28.10.2024, 22:00 |
LA Lakers |
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1.64 |
13.00 |
2.30 |
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Expert Tip |
PHX Suns -3.5 Point Spread |
Odds 1.91 |
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Phoenix Suns vs LA Lakers: Current situation
Last season the Suns underachieved despite making it into the 2nd round of the Playoffs. That’s how talented this team is on paper. A new year has brought them a new head coach in Mike Budenholzer. The former champion with the Milwaukee Bucks has brough in fresh ideas and so far after 3 games things are looking good. The trio of Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal and Devin Booker has the potential to be the NBA’s best big 3, but sacrifices will have to be made from all 3 players in order for that to happen.
LA barely made it into the postseason last year, only to lose in a gentleman’s sweep to the Denver Nuggets in Round 1. Without any drastic changes made to the roster, Lakers fans weren’t optimistic to start the year, but after a 3-0 start to the season their appetite has grown. Under the leadership of new head coach JJ Redick, the Lakers offense has looked a lot better through 3 games – LA ranks 4th in offensive rating averaging 120.1 points per 100 possessions. The only distraction so far this season was the debut of Bronny James, who together with his father LeBron James, became the first ever father and son duo to play on the same team at the same time in the NBA.
Phoenix Suns Stats & Form
Unlike their opponents tonight, the Suns did suffer a loss this season, however they are perfect at home after beating the Dallas Mavericks in the opener this past weekend. Kevin Durant has picked up right where he left off last season, averaging 28.7 points per game over his first 3 outings. Despite Devin Booker averaging under 20 points, the Suns are showing promise to start the new year, which wasn’t the case in previous seasons. New head coach Mike Budenholzer has already received praise from his players, it will be interesting to see how the situation develops in Phoenix over the coming few days and weeks of the new season.
LA Lakers Stats & Form
Things could not have gone better for the Lakers over their first 3 games in the new season. They are a perfect 3-0, matching their best start to a new season since 2010. JJ Redick has this team playing at a seemingly different level than Darvin Ham had last year. LeBron James continues to defy father time, he just had a triple double in the win over the Sacramento Kings. The play of Anthony Davis is also worth pointing out – the big man is yet to score less than 30 points in a game this season. All in all, the Lakers enter tonight’s game in good spirits.
Phoenix Suns vs LA Lakers: Head to Head
This will be already the 2nd meeting of the regular season between the Suns and Lakers following their match-up in Los Angeles last week. The Lakers dominated that game, rallying in the 2nd half to win 123-116. Winning that game ended a mini 2-game losing streak against Phoenix in regular season games, LA also won 3 of the 5 meetings last season.
Phoenix Suns – LA Lakers Odds
If you like the Phoenix Suns to stay undefeated in home games this season, you can back them to record a victory here at 1.64 odds on 22bet. For a LA Lakers road win you can get odds of 2.30 at 22bet, while for overtime odds go up to 13.00.
The total points margin is set at 227.5 with 1.91 for over and 1.91 for under.
Top 3 Betting Odds
| Phoenix Suns – LA Lakers Betting Tip | Odds |
| PHX Suns -3.5 Point Spread | 1.91 |
| Kevin Durant to Score 25+ Pts | 1.74 |
| Over 227.5 Pts | 1.91 |
Betting tip and prediction: Phoenix Suns vs LA Lakers (28.10.2024)
In many ways the Lakers have overachieved in their first 3 games of the season. Anthony Davis has showed up every single time so far, but the question is how long will this last? The Lakers were notorious for their inconsistency last season and we all know bad habits don’t go away overnight. Phoenix will be the more motivated team here as they look to get revenge for the loss suffered in Los Angeles less than a week ago. In that game the Suns let a 22-point lead slip away, for a team aiming to contend for the title this season, that simply cannot happen. After watching them dismantle the Dallas Mavericks by 12 points at home over the weekend, we believe the Suns are rightfully the favorites in tonight’s match-up. They’ve beaten the Lakers in 6 of the last 7 meetings at Footprint Center, look for that good form to continue in tonight’s game as well. Back the Suns to cover the spread.
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Expert Tip |
PHX Suns -3.5 Point Spread |
Odds 1.91 |
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