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The Los Angeles Lakers are turning things around, taking three of their last four entering play on Christmas, and will now have the opportunity to cement their form in a popcorn matchup with the Golden State Warriors.
Golden State has lost four of five as it seeks to recover from an offensive stumble, but its defense should be able to accomplish enough here with the Lakers struggling to score the ball in their own right.
Let's build a same-game parlay for Lakers vs Warriors on Wednesday, December 25 and lay out a few props that will work well as standalone straight bets as well.
DraftKings NBA Odds for Lakers vs Warriors SGP: +425
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We haven't seen LeBron James score the ball with the same kind of consistency than in years' past, but Wednesday's game on national television should prove to be one where the grizzled veteran shines.
The Warriors have done a good job of limiting looks at the rim and the arc, and that's led to opponents shooting from the mid-range more frequently than all but two teams this month.
With Golden State sitting just 21st in mid-range defense, James should be the primary focus on offense as the man who's sat in the top 33% of all players at his position in shot frequency in that zone to rank third on the Lakers.
James has now notched 25 or more in back to back games, and we also know he loves to shine on primetime.
The Lakers' defense has been problematic in its own right, and while the Warriors have been starved for buckets there should be at least one man who breaks the mold here.
Jackson-Davis has become more important to this offense as its touch from outside has worn, and he's now played 25 or more minutes in back-to-back contests. With the increased run, he's averaged 14 points in his last two games and should find life rather easy as he looks for buckets down low.
The last way we can exploit this worsening Warriors defense is with L.A.'s defacto point guard here, Austin Reaves.
Given the Warriors are struggling to a bit to defend at the rim and allowing a ton of shots inside the arc, the pick-and-roll should be wide open for L.A. as it looks to let Reaves find the open man all game long.
I expect plenty of ball movement here against a Warriors team which is great at changing up its look defensively and has done a good job throwing doubles at James later in games when things get tight, and Reaves should work well as a facilitator here.
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