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Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers vs Los Angeles Clippers Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 01/22/26

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LA Lakers +1.0(-110)

It was a heroic but also a much-needed win for the Lakers in their last game, when they triumphed in Denver 115-107 versus the shorthanded Nuggets. With the win, the Lakers improved to 14-8 SU in road games. It’ll be the 3rd time these two teams clash, with each side winning their home game by double-digits earlier in the year. Unlike in their win, this time around, the Lakers won’t have the services of Austin Reaves — which could be problematic facing a defense like the Clippers.

Meanwhile, the Clippers have their own injury issues with Kawhi Leonard being questionable due to a knee issue. He’s skipped the last 3 games because of it; the outcome of this game will largely depend on his availability. The Clippers have been one of the hotter teams over the past month or so, now part of the play-in tournament discussion — which is something not a lot of people saw coming after a disastrous start to the year. The oldest roster in the NBA is fighting hard to stay alive, and the incentive to win is huge for them, as they don’t control their pick in the upcoming draft. Making the postseason is a must.

With us not knowing in which state Kawhi will be, it’s not easy making a prediction. That being said, I’d give a slight edge to the Lakers, who have both of their superstars healthy and ready to play. Luka Doncic and co. are 4-1 ATS/SU in 5 meetings, the 2 wins over the Raptors and Nuggets were a solid warm-up for tonight’s massive game. I’ll go with the team in purple and gold.

Lakers vs Clippers Predictions: Los Angeles Lakers +1 is available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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LA Lakers Win
Player Points+Assists
L. Doncic (LAL) - Over 41.5 P+A
Player Points
J. Collins (LAC) - Over 13.5 pts

Lakers vs Clippers SGP pick: LA Lakers ML over LA Clippers (-102)

It was a heroic but also a much-needed win for the Lakers in their last game as they triumphed in Denver 115-107 vs the shorthanded Nuggets. With the win the Lakers improved to 14-8 SU in road games, they face the Clippers on Thursday in what is technically a road game. The Clippers have their injury issues with Kawhi Leonard being questionable here with a knee issue. He’s skipped the last 3 games because of it; the outcome of this game will largely depend on his availability.

With us not knowing in which state Kawhi will be here, it’s not easy making a prediction. That being said, I’d give a slight edge to the Lakers who have both of their superstars healthy and ready to play. Luka Doncic and co. are 4-1 ATS/SU in 5 meetings, the two wins over the Raptors and Nuggets were a solid warm-up for tonight’s massive game. I’ll go with the team in purple and gold here.

Lakers vs Clippers SGP pick: Luka Doncic over 41.5 points+assists (-112)

Games like these are exactly why the Lakers acquired a player like Luka Doncic. The former Mavericks superstar always seems to excel in high-stakes games, it rarely gets any bigger than the Lakers playing their cross-town rival during the regular season. Even during his days with Dallas, Doncic has always performed well against the Clippers, we all still remember that buzzer-beater three in the playoffs against them.

Looking at the last 10 meetings he’s averaging 29.4 points and 8.6 assists against them. We’ll need him to produce slightly over that in Thursday’s game, Luka has cleared this line 3 times in his 5 most recent games. For the season he has done it in 55% of his appearances (19 of 34 games), if we lower it by just 2 points that percentage is at a 70% success rate which is an indicator of just how productive and consistent Luka has been this year. It goes without saying that the Lakers will only go as far as Luka takes them in this game, so I’m hoping he will be on his A-game at the Intuit Dome.

Lakers vs Clippers parlay pick: John Collins over 13.5 points (-110)

I like this bet for a number of reasons. The primary one is John Collins’ recent play – he has been a completely different player over the past month or so, upping his game to a whole new level compared to the first month or so of the season. Over his last 8 games he’s putting up 17 points per game on an unreal 70% from the field and over 67% from three, a stark contrast to his season average of 13.3 points on 55% efficiency. Collins is looking more and more like the player he once was in his glory days with the Hawks and the Utah Jazz the past 2 seasons before coming to LA.

The Lakers have felt it on their skin the two meetings this season where Collins put up 17 and 18 points on 70% and 75% from the field. Another factor to consider here is Kawhi’s availability. If he opts not to play, then the burden of carrying the offense falls solely on James Harden who let’s be real, cannot carry a team on his back at this stage of his career. Thankfully though, he will have John Collins by his side to take some of the load off his back. This bet has cashed in 7 of his last 10 games and in 9 of 10 meetings with the Lakers.

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The Clippers have covered the spread in 8 of their last 9 home games against teams with losing records.

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The Over is 6-3 in the Lakers' matchups against Western Conference Pacific Division teams this season.

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Betting the Lakers on the money line in all games this season would have shown a 109% return on investment.

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