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LA Clippers betting underdog in NBA reboot vs. Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Clippers are mid-range betting odds underdogs vs. the Los Angeles Lakers when the NBA returns Thursday evening.

The LA Clippers (44-20) and Los Angeles Lakers (49-14) NBA betting odds keep moving for tonight’s battle during the opening night of the NBA’s season reboot. The Clippers and Lakers take the court at 9 p.m. ET from Orlando, Florida.

Despite going 2-1 over the Lakers in the regular season, the Clippers come in as a mid-range underdog in the season’s reboot according to the oddsmakers at BetMGM, who have the Clippers at +180 (bet $100 to win $180). And the line is moving! The Clippers were +155 yesterday.

The Lakers, who is the odds favorite to win the NBA Championship, are at -223 (bet $223 to win $100). They were -189 yesterday.

New to the world of legal sports betting? The Clippers at +180 represents a 35.71% implied odds of winning the game vs. the Lakers, or 9/5 fractional odds. If they pull the upset win, the Clippers would return a profit of $18 for every $10 wagered. The Lakers meanwhile, at -223, have a 69.04% implied chance to win.

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Updated Lakers vs. Clippers spread, odds and lines

Odds via BetMGM; last updated Thursday at 4:45 p.m. ET.

  • Moneyline: Los Angeles Lakers -223, LA Clippers +180
  • Spread: Lakers -4.5 (-115), Clippers +4.5 (-106)
  • Over/Under Total: 216.5 points: Over -139, Under +115
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  • First half moneyline: Lakers (-189), Clippers (+155)
  • Race to 25 points: Lakers (-182), Clippers (+130)

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NBA Best Bet of the Day: Pelicans’ Brandon Ingram gets buckets on Utah Jazz

Looking at the best NBA bets to make each day, today we zero in on New Orleans vs. Utah Jazz.

The NBA is back! Twenty-two teams were invited to the Orlando bubble for an eight-game playoff-seed schedule prior to a full postseason. Games tip-off on Thursday, July 30, featuring the Utah Jazz vs. New Orleans Pelicans and the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Los Angeles Clippers.

BetMGM will have odds and props for all games so we’re bringing you the best bet for every day of the NBA action.

Brandon Ingram Over 22.5 points (-118)

Brandon Ingram aka Slenderman should be getting more hype entering the bubble. He’s in the midst of a breakout season, averaging a Pelicans-high 24.3 points per game (a six-point increase from last season), and BetMGM‘s second-favorite to win NBA Most Improved Player.

The Pelicans need Ingram to get buckets if they have any hope of coming from a 3.5-game deficit to get the 8-seed in the Western Conference. Luckily for them, Ingram has balled this season against the Jazz. In his three games versus Utah, Ingram scored 33-plus in each game, averaging 39 points on .520 field goal percentage, .476 three-point percentage and .879 free throw percentage. The key to his stat line was his aggressiveness: Ingram got to the free-throw line 33 times and shot 21 threes against the Jazz this season.

His 49-point game against the Jazz on Jan. 16 was his career-high and he looks ready ahead Thursday’s meeting. Ingram played in two restart scrimmages and shot a combined 10 of 18 from the field (five of 11 from three-point land).

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From a team perspective, we can expect a lot of offense. The Jazz-Pelicans have cashed Over tickets in 19 of their last 26 games. Plus all of their earlier meetings this season have gone Over the total by average 33 points per game and the Jazz have a 33-31 Over/Under record on the season

And while Utah is known for their defense, and they are still above-average, they have regressed this season. The Jazz’s 11th ranking in defensive rating is their lowest since 2014-15 and their 9th ranking in opponent’s points per game is their lowest since 2013-14.

If the Pelicans can dictate the flow of the game – they are ranked second in the NBA in pace – then Ingram should be able to get enough looks to at least put up his average.

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Lakers Restart Refresh: Can any duo beat LeBron James and Anthony Davis?

The two superstars for the Lakers have been incredible all year, can anybody stop them?

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With the NBA Restart on the horizon, we are going to take stock of who is on the Los Angeles Lakers, what they did, or didn’t do this season, and what to look for as the Lakers look to march towards their 17th championship banner in the most unprecedented circumstances in NBA history.

Anthony Davis and LeBron James

The Los Angeles Lakers will be back on the court tonight and with that, we are wrapping up our NBA Restart Refresh by grouping the two best players on the Lakers together. While Anthony Davis is quick to dub LeBron as the leader of the team, everyone, including LeBron, knows that they would not be in the position they are without all they did to bring Davis to L.A. last summer. In almost every way, how far the Lakers go is intertwined with the play of their two stars.

Davis has been L.A.’s leading scorer the whole season and he has feasted on an abundance of dunks. According to research from HoopsHype’s Bryan Kalbrosky, LeBron and Davis have connected on 34 lobs this season, not to mention all the dunks Davis gets when he’s cutting to the basket while receiving a regular pass.

Davis has been the biggest reason why LeBron James leads the NBA in assists for the first time in his career, something that seemed clear as early as their first preseason game. Assists to Davis have accounted for 172 of LeBron’s 636 assists, meaning that Davis has accounted for over 27% of his assists this season.

Davis came into the season with a resume that rivaled any of LeBron’s running mates in terms of his combination of scoring volume and scoring efficiency and the duo has come to form the most feared duo in the NBA. But Davis’ efficiency isn’t the only story in how the two are intertwined.

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Davis deserves major credit for bringing a defensive mindset to the Lakers and particularly to LeBron himself. Over his last few years in Cleveland his first year in L.A., LeBron’s lack of effort on the defensive end was a constant criticism, but not so this year. LeBron’s defense has been more than satisfactory and he’s even had times where he’s looked like a downright stopper, as the 4th quarter of L.A.’s win against the Bucks back in March, where James stood tall in the challenge of guarding Giannis Antetokounmpo.

So far in the regular season, when Davis and James play at the highest level they can, nobody has been a true match for them. For them to win now that the season is restarted, they have to hope that the same remains true.

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NBA returns! Los Angeles Lakers vs. LA Clippers odds and lines

The NBA returns Thursday, featuring the Los Angeles Lakers vs. LA Clippers. We look at the top NBA betting lines surrounding this matchup.

After an extended delay, the NBA returns to action Thursday evening. Highlighting the evening is a big matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers (49-14) and LA Clippers (44-20), who take the court at 9 p.m. ET from Orlando, Florida.

According to the oddsmakers at BetMGM, the Lakers (-182 – bet $182 to win $100) are the odds-favorite to win this matchup against the underdog Clippers (+150 – bet $100, win $150) in the first game back for both franchises. The Lakers went 1-2 against the Clippers during the season.

The Lakers, as you may expect, are also the team the oddsmakers believe will win the NBA Championship this season.

New to the world of legal sports betting? At -182 odds, the Lakers have an implied 64.54% chance to win vs. the Clippers, or 50/91 in fractional odds. At +150 odds, the Clippers have a 40.0% implied likelihood of pulling the upset Thursday evening.

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Lakers vs. Clippers odds and betting lines

Odds via BetMGM; last updated July 28 at 5:20 p.m. ET.

  • Moneyline: Los Angeles Lakers -182, LA Clippers +150
  • Spread: Lakers -4.5 (-110), Clippers +4.5 (-110)
  • Totals: 216.5 points: Over -110, Under -110
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  • Will the match go into OT? Yes (+675), No (-3334)
  • Race to 20 points: Lakers (-143), Clippers (+105)

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