Wednesday afternoon is a prime opportunity for the Los Angeles Lakers to pick up a win against a struggling Detroit Pistons team that has lost 14 straight.
The Lakers are now halfway through their four-game road trip, currently 1-1 and coming off a 44-point loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. That loss is tied for the fourth-worst loss in franchise history.
This is the first night of a back-to-back for the Lakers and it will be a key opportunity for L.A. to handle their business early and rest up for their game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday to close out the trip.
The purple and gold have been shorthanded throughout this four-game roadie, rolling with an eight-man rotation, but one player is returning in this one. Cam Reddish, who has missed the last three games with left groin soreness was listed as probable coming into Wednesday’s matchup and is now ready to re-claim his starting spot. Rui Hachimura, Jarred Vanderbilt and Gabe Vincent still remain out as they recover from their respective injuries.
Wednesday afternoon is a prime opportunity for the Los Angeles Lakers to pick up a win against a struggling Detroit Pistons team that has lost 14 straight.
The Lakers are now halfway through their four-game road trip, currently 1-1 and coming off a 44-point loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. That loss is tied for the fourth-worst loss in franchise history.
This is the first night of a back-to-back for the Lakers and it will be a key opportunity for L.A. to handle their business early and rest up for their game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday to close out the trip.
The purple and gold have been shorthanded throughout this four-game roadie, rolling with an eight-man rotation, but one player is returning in this one. Cam Reddish, who has missed the last three games with left groin soreness was listed as probable coming into Wednesday’s matchup and is now ready to re-claim his starting spot. Rui Hachimura, Jarred Vanderbilt and Gabe Vincent still remain out as they recover from their respective injuries.
The future Hall-of-Famer surpassed 39,000 career points earlier this season, and quite a few of those have come against the Pistons as of late. In his most recent matchup against Detroit, he recorded 35 points, and in three of his last four games against them, he’s scored at least 33 points.
The outlier in that group was on in which he played half his normal minutes, so it’s not even one we’d focus on. He’s been able to trust Davis to pull down boards more this season, so the first of our Lakers vs. Pistons player props is LeBron James over 25.5 points (-104 at FanDuel Sportsbook).
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