Los Angeles Lakers vs Golden State Warriors Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 02/28/26

The Los Angeles Lakers will be hoping to halt a 3-game losing streak when they visit the Golden State Warriors on Saturday evening. If there is any positive for the Lakers, it’s that their 2 most recent setbacks have come down to the last second — 110-109 to Orlando and 113-110 to Phoenix. Additional good news is that L.A. is basically 100 percent in the health department. Only Rui Hachimura is listed as day-to-day with an illness. Golden State, on the other hand, is still without Stephen Curry (the former Davidson star will have his right knee reevaluated this weekend). As such, my Lakers vs Warriors pick is for the visitors to win and cover.

It’s not like Golden State is in good form, either. Head coach Steve Kerr’s crew is 6-9 in its last 15 contests and has not won back-to-back games since a January 13-19 hot stretch. The Dubs are coming off a victory over Memphis on Wednesday, so they will have to end that trend if they want to find the win column again on Saturday. Golden State will be hard-pressed to do that with Curry on the sideline, especially since Jimmy Butler (ACL) is out for the season. Moreover, De’Antony Melton is questionable with a knee problem and — as usual — Kristaps Porzingis’ status is uncertain due to illness. It’s simply too hard to back the Warriors in this spot when you can’t be sure if they will be able to field a competitive squad. These 2 teams faced each other on February 7 and Los Angeles took care of business 105-99 even without Luka Doncic.

Lakers vs Warriors prediction: Los Angeles -3.5 (-105) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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