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7:10 PM ET

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LA Lakers -3.0(-110)

Reasoning

Can we finally put to bed the debate whether or not the Lakers are real contenders? Luka Doncic is doing his best to do just that. He just exploded for 60 points in the big win at Miami on Thursday, the Lakers are now headed to Orlando in an effort to extend their win streak to 9 games in a row. Pulling off a win like that in Miami while playing on a 2nd night of a back-to-back was extremely impressive, you could see how exhausted Doncic was at the end of that game playing his 3rd game in 4 nights. Revenge will be on the mind of the Lakers who lost to the Magic about a month ago at home 110-109, in a game in which Luka went for just 22 points on 8-for-24 shooting.

Paolo Banchero excelled in that win for Orlando with 36 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, Magic fans are hoping he can repeat that performance on Saturday as their team tries to reverse a 3-game losing streak. Orlando has now dropped to 6th in the East, but there’s no need to hit the panic button just yet as they can still very much catch and overtake the Raptors in 5th who are just 1 game ahead. Orlando’s calling card in this game will be their home form – they’ve won 22 of 35 games at Kia Center and are 4-1 SU in their last 5 played there entering Saturday’s game.

Luka is on a heater we haven’t seen in decades from a Lakers player; he is now 2nd in the MVP race as well according to some analysts. A win here would go a long way for the Lakers, they’ve now created a 2.5 game gap for the 3rd seed in the West ahead of Houston and Denver. No team in the NBA has a better win percentage in clutch games than the Lakers (77.8%), if we get another close finish, it’s hard to bet against Luka right now. Take the Lakers

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8:10 PM ET

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MIA Heat +2.0(-110)

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The Heat and Rockets have something in common – they both got obliterated by Luka Doncic and the Lakers recently. Houston was able to bounce back from their two losses against LA, now it’s time to see if the Heat can do the same. Miami’s defense has been suspect over the past 3 games with them allowing 134, 136 and 121 points. We are 70 games into the season and head coach Erik Spoelstra is still experimenting with his starting unit. We just saw Norman Powell get benched for the Lakers game on Thursday, in my opinion moves like these can only be counterproductive this late in the season and this is exactly why the defense is struggling to adjust.

Houston’s main worry here is the fact they’re playing with no rest, following last night’s big win over Atlanta. In this scenario they’re just 5-6 SU in 11 games, against a team like Miami it could be a struggle to keep up offensively. The Heat play the NBA’s fastest pace, averaging 105.7 possessions per game, Houston is only 28th in this are averaging just 98.3 per game. The three-ball of the Rockets has also been very inconsistent over the past 10 games, with them scoring single digit threes in 5 of those games. Only 3 times during those 10 games have they shot 50% or better from the field, raising further skepticism about their chances in tonight’s game.

There’s something about Miami that gets them going in this match-up. They beat the Rockets in late February 115-105 in the first meeting of the season, it was their 10th win in 11 meetings. They are also on a 5-game win streak in games played at Toyota Center and have the rest advantage here. I’ll take my chances with the Heat.

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