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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Brooklyn Nets
The Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Barclays Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Lakers as -2.5-point favorites versus the Nets, while the game's total opened at 226.
In their last action, Brooklyn was a 136-125 loser on the road against the Timberwolves. They failed to cover the +3-point spread as underdogs, while the combined score (261) was profitable news for OVER bettors.
Los Angeles lost its last outing, a 113-107 result against the Heat on January 23. The Lakers failed to cover in that game as a +4-point underdog, while the 220 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Los Angeles:
Team record: 23-24 SU,19-28 ATS
LA Lakers is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of LA Lakers's last 7 games on the road
LA Lakers is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Brooklyn
Brooklyn:
Team record: 29-17 SU,18-27-1 ATS
Brooklyn is 2-14-1 ATS in its last 17 games at home
Brooklyn is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games at home
Brooklyn is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing LA Lakers
Next up:
Los Angeles at Philadelphia Thursday, January 27
Brooklyn home to Denver Wednesday, January 26