The Los Angeles Lakers (43-33, ninth in the Western Conference) and the Washington Wizards (15-61, 14th in the Eastern Conference) are set to face off on Wednesday at 7 p.m. EDT in Washington. The FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE has the Lakers as 13-point favorites with an over/under set at 234.5 points.
The Wizards have struggled at home, posting a 7-31 record and winning only 4 games against teams over .500. In contrast, the Lakers have a 16-21 record on the road but lead the Western Conference in scoring with an average of 16.7 fast break points per game, led by LeBron James who averages 5.0 fast break points.
Washington scores an average of 113.3 points per game, which is just under what the Lakers give up per game (117.4). The Lakers make an average of 11.8 three-pointers per game while allowing just one fewer make per game than Washington’s average of 8 two-pointers per game.
This will be their second matchup this season, with the Lakers winning their last meeting in overtime, 134-131 on March 1st. Anthony Davis led the way for Los Angeles with a standout performance of scoring 40 points, while Jordan Poole was top performer for Washington with his impressive output of scoring a massive amount of points that helped them win overtime by themselves that day and other times too
